Saudi Football

On Monday, Al-Ittihad Club issued a press statement confirming that there were no financial dues to Faisal Al-Kharaa, a former first-team player, denying the validity of the “Sports” news published regarding the case.
And the statement, which was broadcast by the club on its official account on Twitter, the social networking site, stated: “In reference to what was published regarding the failure of one of the former players to receive his dues and what was circulated regarding the regularity of the club obtaining a certificate of financial efficiency because of this, we are keen to convey the correct information to the federal public. The great in particular and the sports audience in general, we confirm that the news published in the official account of one of the local newspapers is incorrect, and that there are no dues to the player with Al-Ittihad Club since he implemented the entirety of the ruling issued by the Saudi Sports Arbitration Center regarding him, and his name is not included in the financial statement of the Financial Efficiency Committee, and we are surprised that this matter has been raised at this particular time and the motives for that.”
The statement added: “With regard to inciting public opinion once morest Al-Ittihad Club, including inappropriate and irrelevant speeches and publishing them in the media, we are in a country that respects the law, and we have a fair judiciary and a clear reference. the rights of the club.

Al-Hilal Club announced, on Sunday, the signing of Mohammed Al-Owais, the goalkeeper of Al-Ahly’s first football team, following entering the free period, in his second local deal during the winter transfer market 2022.
According to the Al-Asimi club, the new contract for the 30-year-old player extends until the 2025 season, and according to Al-Riyadia sources, Al-Owais will receive 7 million riyals per season.
This comes following the Saudi national football team goalkeeper entered the space that enables him to sign with another team without returning to the management of his current club.
It is the second contract for Blue in the Winter Market, where it remains for him to announce the inclusion of Saud Abdul Hamid, the defender of the First Football Federation, in a similar free transfer deal, as each of them will represent Al Hilal next summer, or in the current period if the management of the capital club agrees with the two Western parties in Buy the remainder of their contracts.

Al-Hilal Club announced, on Thursday, the renewal of the contract of the international Mohamed Kno, player of the first football team, until 2025.
And the official account of Al Hilal Club on Twitter, the social networking site, posted a tweet in which it said that it carried a picture of Kno and issued the phrase “Mohammed Kanoo Hilali until 2025”, following Al-Azraq was crowned champion of the Saudi Super Cup for the third time in its history.
Al-Hilal administration resolved the file to renew the player’s contract following unofficial news circulated regarding the entry of Al-Nasr “the traditional rival” as a party to gain his services, as well as Al-Ittihad Club made an open oral offer to the player, in light of the Qatari Al-Sadd’s interest in attracting him.
After the end of the Saudi Super Cup match, which Al Hilal crowned following defeating Al-Faisaly, Kanoo appeared, shedding tears, while he was accompanied by Fahd Al-Mafraj, a member of the board of directors. The dressing room also witnessed a mini-meeting with Fahd bin Nafel, the club’s president, in the presence of Al-Mafraj, before the club officially announced the renewal with him.
The renewal came following Kno rejected an offer from Al Hilal worth eight million riyals, in addition to asking his club to fulfill the seven million late payments from his previous contract before entering into any details regarding the new contract.
Mohamed Kanoo moved to Al Hilal on July 3, 2017, coming from Al Ettifaq Club, with a 5-year contract, and was able to achieve the league title in his first season with the team.
The 27-year-old appeared with Al Hilal during the current season in the Mohammed bin Salman Professional Cup in 9 out of 14 matches so far, and is considered one of the team’s main pillars despite the succession of technical staff to lead the first team.

Prince Nawaf bin Muhammad Al-Sharafi Al-Hilali, the former, confirmed that assigning Sami Al-Jaber to head Al-Hilal was a mistake, indicating that he is a distinguished player, and the club did not represent in its history a player who served like him, but he was forced to the task of the presidency, and thought that he was capable of it, before he retreated following 6 months and asks to be excused.
Speaking to the “Al-Muntasat” program on the Saudi Al-Ekhbariya channel, Prince Nawaf said: “Sami was forced to head Al-Hilal, and the presidency is not a team management. He accepted it and thought he was capable of it…why did he leave it following 6 months?” It was said that he was fired.. He did not say that he was the one who personally asked the advisor, Turki Al-Sheikh, to leave, and this is a certain thing.”
Regarding Al-Jaber’s dispute with Prince Nawaf bin Saad in the case of the 170 million, he explained: “The issue is as follows, Al-Ittihad and Al-Nasr clubs had debts of large amounts, and it was necessary to pay the other clubs the same amounts that will be paid to the two clubs, and Al-Hilal Club had to be in large amounts of debt. To pay him, and put those amounts from the date Sami received the presidency until the end of the season, which is the same amount of 170 million .. Those were not debts, the debts are calculated at the end of each year and not in the middle of the season.”
He added, “When Sami was on the television program, a message came to him asking regarding the amount of 170 million, and he did so when he said that there was a missing amount… and that was an accusation once morest Prince Nouf bin Saad.”
Al-Sharafi Al-Hilali indicated that Al-Hilali did not interfere in the dispute of Al-Jaber and Prince Nawaf, in the case of the 170 million, and said: “I am in the side of my condolences and my cousin, who was falsely accused, and if I had intervened at that time, things would have been worse .. I did not interfere in that issue and Ahmed God for that.”
On Al-Jaber’s technical leadership of Al Hilal’s first football team, during the 2014 season, he commented: “Sami is a great player, as well as administratively, and I believe that he is able to manage any club with his smart style and knowledge of the players, and I said it before and I repeat it now, Sami might have succeeded in training Al Hilal if The best choice for his assistants.
He added: “Al-Jaber’s case is like a distinguished chef, and every international chef chooses distinguished assistants to help him, and he keeps the final touches on him… Sami Tabakh did not choose his assistants well.”
And he added, “Sami, when he led Al Hilal, was a new coach, and therefore the senior assistants will not leave their jobs with senior coaches, to work with him, unless there is someone behind him with financial means able to pay them, which is what happened, Sami changed his assistants in his training Al Hilal 3 times.” .
Prince Nawaf bin Muhammad excluded Fahd bin Nafel, the current club president, from his list of the best historical heads of the capital club, justifying this by investing the existing stability in the club and completing the shortcomings. Until the three he chose, they made a change in the club.
And the former head of the Federation of Powers touched on the Portuguese Leonardo Jardim, coach of the first football team, Al Hilal, and said: “Jardim is the second best coach who led Al Hilal following Candinho, and I think that he is the most important in this period, because the next stage must change at the level of players, and the quality of the coach.” Who has the power to change.
Prince Nawaf touched on Al-Nasr’s participation in the Club World Cup in 2000, where he said: “At that time I was the head of the technical committee and competitions in the Saudi Football Association, and I speak as an official. The International Federation sent a request to the Asian Confederation and the Continental Confederations, to nominate their representatives in that tournament. Experimental”.
He added: “At that time, Al-Nasr was a champion of the Cup Winners’ Cup, and there was a Korean club that achieved the Asian Club Championship, and at the same time the Champions League Club Championship was being played, and when I read the letter, I found that it did not specify the team, and there was a desire from the sports leadership to participate in Al-Nasr in the forum. I took advantage of the loophole of not specifying a specific team or champion, so we chose to be the champion of the Super Championship, which was regarding two weeks later, and we agreed on that, and the victory went to that tournament that Brazil hosted.”