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Pyramids player Ahmed Fathy said he wanted to win a championship with his new team, stating that he would not ask for the team captaincy, and also made it clear that he did not know the real reasons behind his exclusion from the Egyptian teams camp for the two games against Togo.
“Pyramids is a new and difficult step. The team includes distinguished players, most of them international, with national teams, and we are working together to compete for all the tournaments in the new season,” Fathi said on the Falcon Stadium program.
He continued, “The pyramids have been competing well for two seasons, but they did not achieve a championship, the competition will be difficult, and I hope to win a championship, the environment will be new for me.”
“I love the number 24, because I have been wearing it since I was a Ismaili player, and I have good memories, and I strive to keep it if the player who wears it in Pyramids agrees to leave it to me.”
He continued: “It is impossible for me to command the captaincy of the Pyramids. I have nothing to do with it. Abdullah Al-Saeed is the captain and the captain of the team. I played among giants of the golden generation, and they all engaged and performed. with great spirit. “
He added: “I thank the great fans of Al-Ahly. I have played with the team for 12 years. Any word will not fulfill their right. I wish the players good luck, and we won the African Champions League. I have participated with the team in 13 Champions League games this season. “
“There was mutual respect with the Al-Ahly club, and there was no problem,” he said. “I thank the board of directors and wish them success in the next stage, which is the style of the club in recent years.”
On Monday, Pyramids announced the signing of a free transfer agreement with Ahmed Fathy.
In another context, Fathi spoke about his absence from the national camp for the two parties in Togo, saying: “I do not know the real reasons, but Hussam Al-Badri said it is for technical reasons, I do not know of other reasons, and in general I respect the Captain Hossam Al-Badri’s technical point of view, and there is no problem between us. ” I wish him and the players luck in the two games in Togo and that he choose the right formation for them.
The Pyramids player hinted: “There was a shooting session for the new team jersey and I was not called up. At that time, I felt that I would not be present with the Egyptian team.”
“I refused to give up the captaincy of the Egyptian national team before, and I was in the last camp, and if I did join again, I will definitely refuse to give it up,” he said.
He continued: “I do not know the invisible and the future is in God’s hands. I train well and have goals that I strive to achieve, and I do not take into account the age factor. There are many examples, led by Ahmed Hassan, the captain of the national team. Egyptian who played in 2010 and won the title of African Nations and the best player of the tournament despite turning 36 years old. “
He concluded: “There is Essam El-Hadary and Wael Jumaa who played for the national teams into old age, and for me I will strive to join the team again.”
Fathi, 36, has not joined the Egyptian team since the 2018 World Cup, having played all three games in the group stage, and has been absent from the team since then following the departure of Héctor Cuper and the appointment of Javier Aguirre, but he returned to the national team during Hossam El-Badry’s term and dressed his captaincy against Botswana. And the friendly Liberia also participated against Kenya in the group stage and was on the bench against Comoros
The Egyptian team, led by Hossam El-Badry, previously announced its 26-player roster for Togo’s two major matches in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in Cameroon. (See details)
