Report … The Third Experience … Will Bannon Succeed With His Family?

The attacker’s position is always of interest to Al-Ahly officials, so the goal is to find a goalscorer who achieves the incorporation of a club that always wants to dominate continental and local titles, but when the interest is focused on hiring with a foreign defender, then the event is an exception.

After months of linking his name to the Egyptian league champion for the 42nd time in its history, Al-Ahly officially announced on Wednesday the official contract with the Moroccan international defender Badr Banoune of the Moroccan club Raja Casablanca in an agreement that cost the treasury of the Red Club 2 million dollars.

The addition of Bannon to Al-Ahly was important for the Red Club in light of the conditions the team has been going through in recent times, and here is the series of injuries that hit the bottom line, starting with the injury of Saad Eddin Samir in the Achilles tendon or Mahmoud Metwally’s injury with a cut in the cruciate ligament, so the options of Betsu Musimani, the trio’s coach, for Ayman, are limited. Ashraf, Yasser Ibrahim and Rami Rabia, who recently returned to training.

But the question here is … Will Bannon guarantee success with Al-Ahly after previous defensive experiences for the foreigners at the Red Castle?

Negative record:

The start of Al-Ahly’s contract with the foreign defenders was in the mandate of former coach Hussam Al-Badri when he obtained the services of Syrian international defender Abdullah Al-Shami from the Lebanese team Al-Safa in a free transfer.

Al-Ahly contracted with Al-Shami in the summer of (2017) and for a period of three years, except that the Syrian defender never appeared with the team’s red jersey, so the decision to leave after months would go through the ranks of Al-Masry Al-Port Said, who played as a substitute for three games against Simba, the Tanzanian, for one minute in the Confederation competition, and the same The duration in Zamalek’s match in League and 45 minutes in the Raja Matrouhi party.

The second foreign deal on the bottom line was in the season (2018-2019), and here is the talk on upcoming financial defender Salif Coulibaly in a free transfer from Congolese team Mazembe.

Coulibaly came from the former French coach, Patrice Carteron, who asked to reinforce the defensive back, since a Mali defender was hired at that time for two seasons.

Coulibaly participated with Al-Ahly in 22 matches, (9 matches in the league competition) and (13 matches in the African Champions League competition)

Coulibaly scored with Al-Ahly, scored three times against (Township of Batswani and Kampala City of Uganda), also scored a home goal against Al-Masry Al-Borseidi, and scored two decisive goals in the Al-Ittihad of Alexandria, which the coastal team resolved in their favor with a score of (4-3).

Coulibaly left Al-Ahly, where his last African participation was against the Congolese Vita Club in the edition of the CAF Champions League (2019), specifically in the mandate of coach Martin Lasarte.

Is Bannon successful ?:

The contract with Badr Bannon is expected to join Coach Musimani’s team, especially when the value of the deal reaches $ 2 million.

Bannon’s numbers with Raja are remarkable, especially since the 27-year-old defender, who reaches a height of 193 cm, has been one of the fundamental pillars of the Casablanca team since he returned from his loan period when he was at the RS Berkane team in the 2014-2015 season.

According to Bannon’s figures, the latter made 159 appearances for Raja in all competitions, whether local or continental, to score 15 goals and score six crucial goals.

Bannon’s most outstanding season is considered a goal in (2017-2018), as he participated in 42 matches in all competitions, (24 matches in the Moroccan League) (15 matches in the African Champions League competition) and (3 matches in the Throne Cup competition).

Bannon was able to score in all the tournaments in which he participated this season by scoring five goals in the League, one goal in the Champions League competition and another in the Throne Cup.

It is considered Bannon’s most important goal this season when he scored in the 88th minute against his rival Wydad Casablanca to give his team a 2-1 victory, after the result indicated a draw for each team.

Bannon’s mission objectives continued with Raja, and here is the talk about the African Super Championship, which reunited the Casablanca giant as Confederation champion with his rival, Esperance, who won the Champions League title from Africa at the expense of Al-Ahly.

Bannon scored against Esperance in the 64th minute, after the scoreboard pointed to the goal of each side, to give the Raja captain the championship for his team, achieving another African title after winning the Confederacy.

As for this season, Bannon was able to enter the Moroccan League title for his team after a competition that continued with rivals Wydad Casablanca until the last round, where “Lakhdar” had not known the local championship title since the 2012 season- 2013.

At the African level, Bannon was able to participate in nine continental matches, in which he scored three goals, including a goal at the net against Esperance and Vita Club in the group stage and a goal in the meeting with Mazembe in the stage of First leg of the eighth, but the Moroccan league champion’s journey stopped in the last four after losing to Zamalek. With a score of (1-4) in total, round trip.

What Bannon presented with Raja, the question will be: Will the Moroccan defender be as successful as he was with Raja? Amir Tawfiq, head of Al-Ahly’s recruitment committee, responded when he said in remarks via “Yallakora”: “Badr Banoun is a leading figure, and he used to play for a tournament team in Morocco. The style of play and the Bannon’s personality suits Al-Ahly and we wish him success. “

Regarding the numbers of the Al-Ahly players through the trio (Yasser Ibrahim – Ayman Ashraf – Rami Rabia), none knew the first goal, but the one who scored two goals in the current season with a goal in Zamalek and another in the second leg against Wydad Casablanca, Morocco.

Bannon will also have the superiority in terms of height over the trio, as Rami Rabia is the tallest defender on the team currently at 186cm, then Yasser Ibrahim will follow by 185cm.