Al-Mahdi: We did not lie about victory

Nawaf Al-Mahdi, the players’ agent, launched his field in 2010 after obtaining the agency’s license approved by the Committee for Professionalism and Players’ Conditions in the Saudi Football Association and FIFA.
Al-Mahdi also has a bachelor’s degree in law, which he obtained in early 2009, and managed the position of CEO of Al-Hazm Club in 2019, in addition to leading the legal committee in Al-Nasr in the 2018 season when Salman, the owner of the capital club, headed the club at the time.
In his next interview with Al-Riyadia, he reveals the details of the case of his client, the Egyptian international goalkeeper, Muhammad Abu Jabal, with Al-Nasr, and responds to the Al-Asimi Club’s statement.
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Since you are the agent of the Egyptian international goalkeeper, Muhammad Abu Jabal, let us talk about the issue between you and Al-Nasr.. Did you receive letters from Al-Nasr, as mentioned in the statement?
True, it was answered.
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Why did Abu Jabal not respond to the victory speeches by providing proof of the dates of his contract with Zamalek?
All their requests were answered before the start of the contract signing, during the negotiations and after the correspondence.
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Actually, when was the expiration date of his contract with Zamalek?
There is an interesting issue regarding the contracts of professional players in the Egyptian League, and I will explain it later after answering your question. The expiry date of the player’s contract with Zamalek is written as “the contract begins with the 2019-2020 season and the contract ends at the end of the 2021-2022 sports season,” without mentioning the end date of the contract and only the term end of the season.
On the other hand, related to the issue of shortcomings and the obvious defect in the professional contracts for football players in the Egyptian Federation, there are many loopholes, and you can imagine that some of this information in the contracts ratified by the Egyptian Federation until today is written by pen and handwriting, unlike the contracts in place for us and in most periodicals. The professional world, which is drafted and matched with the draft contracts for professional regulations and the conditions of players in “FIFA”, and is entered through the international TMS program.
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What about the false information that Al-Nasr Club talked about in the statement that you submitted?
I will answer you about what is meant by misinformation, thus:
The end of the Egyptian League in June of 2022, and after completing the signing between the two parties, they received information, according to them, “certainly, they arrived in mid-May because the decision to extend the Egyptian League schedule was issued at that time” that the Egyptian League ends at the end of August of the same year, and thus they realized that we had provided information Wrong, or in other words “we lied.” I will respond with only two points that the other party may listen to and correct me if I am wrong:
The Egyptian Federation announced before the beginning of the football season, the league schedule for the 2021-2022 season, that it ends at the end of June for 2022, and in May the Egyptian Federation issued a decision to extend the league until the end of August, meaning that the decision was issued after the player signed with Al-Nasr Club, and thus the issue of bad faith falls from The player’s party provided any false information that would harm Al-Nasr Club. As for the decision, it is issued by the Egyptian Football Association and with the approval of the International Federation, and the player is not responsible for such exceptional and emergency decisions.
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Does this mean that Al Nasr and the player signed the contract of their own free will?
Yes, Al-Nasr and the player signed with their full will and legal capacity, a contract that enters into force on 1/8-2022 AD, and this matter through which Al-Nasr cannot pay the damages because the player did not attend the beginning of the camp on the pretext of being late or absent.
The contracting party must always investigate and ensure the accuracy of the information and verify it before signing. For example, why was the Egyptian Federation not addressed to verify the accuracy of the information before signing with Abu Jabal, and it was addressed, according to the statement, at a later time after the signing, and I am here to answer you, the signing between the two parties For the clarity of all the information presented and presented during the negotiations, which indicates the end of the Egyptian League at the end of June.
The player notified the club on more than one occasion of his confirmation and commitment to attend the team’s exercises with the beginning of his contract on 1/8, and he proved this later and for a sufficient period by making a financial clearance with Zamalek on 7/15/2022 AD, that is, two weeks before the start of his contract with Al-Nasr and a month and a half before the end of the registration period in Saudi Arabia, which is A sufficient period during which victory is not required to present the damage to his right by signing with another foreign guard in the place of Abu Jabal.
We have a full-fledged contract, documented by both parties and obligated to implement it, and each party differed by its adherence to its right, and this is a legitimate right for both.
I believe that everything in the matter, after the completion of the contractual link between the two parties, raised the ceiling of Al Nasr club’s ambition to bring a name and a player from a strong league such as the Italian League, and they retracted the idea of ​​completing the contract with goalkeeper Abu Jabal. And perhaps they thought that a defect in changing the date of the end of the Egyptian League might be a reason for the invalidity of the contract from their point of view, and this would help them get rid of the contractual situation.
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What is your position now?
Direction to court.
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Have you officially filed a case with FIFA?
We are very careful not to talk in the future about the course of the case and its date and the memorandum presented and its publication, for several reasons, including closing the door on intruders, beneficiaries, and traffickers in our cause, and preventing them from engaging in a matter in which they have no business, and they know themselves well, and because it is a private matter between victory and the guard Abu Jabal, It is the proper professional work that jurists must follow by maintaining confidentiality during deliberation, and it reflects the disputants’ respect for the law and its representatives before the committees, because they need to focus and stay away from media confusion and opinions that will not add anything to the course of the case, and on the contrary, it may harm it in one way or another, but it remains in the end from The right of each party to announce the outcome of the court’s decision in public, which is a legitimate right.
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Why did Abu Jabal not return the money?
received it?
I see that your questions are offensive on our side only, and I am supposed not to accept your question, but I will ask it to you in another way because I respect the dialogue with you personally and your esteemed newspaper, and I can answer all your questions without hesitation, “Why does Al-Nasr Club not pay the value of the entire contract to the player?”
We have here a full-fledged contract and the parties, documented by the two parties, and requires commitment from them, and Al-Nasr Club is the one who retracted the contract.
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Are there solutions offered or acceptance between the parties in the event of a desire to settle without resorting to the judiciary?
Certainly, in light of a defect in going to the judiciary, which is that the matter will be prolonged in litigation and waiting for the results until the decision is issued, and if one of the parties is appealed, the case will last more than a year and a half and perhaps more, the friendly and equitable solution remains wonderful in many times, and also preserves the quality of friendship between the parties Therefore, the door remains open to suggesting any equitable, appropriate and agreed upon solution between the two parties. In the end, we are not at war, but in front of a contractual issue that needs to come up with a fair and satisfactory solution for both parties without harm or damage. He will take his right.
By the way, several solutions were earlier proposed between the two parties, and they did not find acceptance by both.
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Who signed the victory side when the two sides signed?
Definitely a person responsible for managing victory
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I respect your desire not to go into this issue.. but everyone knows that the new governance system grants the powers to sign contracts for new professional players to the chief executives of Saudi clubs.. so is Ahmed Al-Ghamdi, the CEO of Al-Nasr, the one who signed the Abu Jabal contract?
Yes, Ahmed Al-Ghamdi.
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Doesn’t confronting victory and managing it legally cause you anxiety in this period in light of the presence of an administration that deals with issues seriously and responsibly to preserve its rights? How will you deal with the case?
He is not worried as much as it is respect for your opponent in any lawsuit whatsoever, let alone that you are facing a big club such as Al-Nasr headed by the entertaining Al Muammar, who is a person who understands the law, is dedicated and fierce in defending the gains and rights of his club, and he is like my teacher at all levels, and he forces you in his style to respect him and he deserves That, but this does not prevent the student from ever surpassing his teacher. For information, this is not the first case I have started working in. I have previously won cases that I consider historical in the sports community, most notably winning the case of Khaled Al-Baltan’s appeal against the Disciplinary Committee with the decision issued against him in his media talk, which they considered offensive Against Ahmed Eid, the former president of the Saudi Federation, as well as the Al-Fateh appeal case against the Gulf Club and the return of the three points in their favour, and the case of Ali Al-Bilahi by issuing a decision to register him in Al-Fateh Club after Al-Nahda Club complained that his signature was invalid, and other cases that I had the honor of in the sports community, and despite that I say it in words, may God have mercy on a person who knows his own destiny, and international cases need experienced sports lawyers in sports courts, and the player was hired by a well-known Spanish lawyer to join the work team supervising the follow-up of his case, which is the The current official in correspondence and communication with Al-Nasr Club, and we will strive to win the case.
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One last question: What does victory mean to you when you were counting on it to work one day at the time of the administration of Salman al-Malik? And about the rumors about your Nasserist tendencies, which you never confirmed, and their impact on your cause?
First, there is no harm in being the owner of tendencies, whether you are a mediator or a lawyer, and one day being an opponent in the face of your tendencies and your favorite team. A lot, and I had previously filed a lawsuit against one of the managements of Al-Nasr Club for issuing checks without balance, and the judgment was passed in favor of my client, and the period in which I worked was in the period between the administration of Prince Faisal bin Turki and the management of Saud Al-Suwailem, and it was a quick experience that did not exceed Half a season with an expensive administration, but, thank God, I left the club and won the love of the old, the young, the worker and the official, and we established in its time and with the support of Salman Al-Malik’s management an integrated legal department, and with foreign lawyers who have sufficient experience to solve the problems of outstanding external issues that the team was going through after the resignation of the previous administration And the law administration developed during the era of the administrations after that and was able to settle and solve all the outstanding external problems and issues that were in the tens of millions. With the help of God and then the efforts of the administration and the support of the honorary members, we climbed the first season of the professional league and sat in the league for another year, and we succeeded in providing institutional work led by Abdullah Al-Muqahem, and the full support of Salman Al-Malik, his father, Fahd Al-Malik, and Fahd Al-Ayed, the current CEO. The change of times and the conflict of interests does not change the principle anything. How many of my media have become official in a club, and how many club officials have become players’ agents, and when you ask me about victory, I will say, “It is magic and I am currently immunizing myself with dhikr.”