The Yusef Hassan Story, “The Contractor’s Jewel”

A video clip, which is a summary of his contact with the 2003 team at the Arab Contractors Club, lasting about ten minutes, was enough to convince the leaders of the Portuguese team Sporting de Lisboa to send an invitation to live with the club of contractors in relation to his forward Youssef Hassan.

Islam Al-Shahat, the agent for the 17-year-old player, is not surprised that Sporting Lisbon officials are convinced of the “jewel of new contractors”, according to Lilakora: “Hassan scores with his youth at a high rate; times more than 20 goals per season and other times more than 30. Goal, so he has a strong physical structure and is good at playing with his left foot despite being (right-handed) different from his speed and finding, playing on both sides of the stadium and face the goal directly. “

These are the characteristics that prompted him to work with Abdul Rahman partner Ismail to address more than one European club about his 18-year-old player in June 2021: “We put in place a plan for his professionalism and contacted more than a European club, but the Corona period delayed the matter a bit until the offer came from Sporting Lisbon They want it next February, and as soon as this period passes, they will negotiate with the contractors to include it in the next season, which begins around August 2021 ”.

The fact that the contract begins next August will solve a crisis that Hassan Youssef faced, when he received Greek offers from big clubs when he was 15 years old: “He traveled with his team to a friendly tournament in Greece and scored 11 goals in 5 games to be named top scorer in the tournament that included teams such as: PAOK, Olympiacos, Feyenoord of the Netherlands and other clubs that have his name, which made him the center of attention of several clubs, but being under 18 years old, he would not be made a professional contract due to labor law regulations in Europe, which was no obstacle for his colleague Bilal Abdul Rahman Mazhar, who had European citizenship. He has to sign a contract, so he will be 18 in August. “

Youssef, who was included in the youth ranks from the time he was in his 10th year until he was promoted to the first team when he was 16 years old after the Greek friendly tournament in 2018, was not the focus of attention of European clubs: “Rather, Al-Ahly and Pyramids officers officially contacted his club, the Arab Contractors, to join him during the transfer period. Last summer, however, it was decided to go ahead with the contractors and work towards bringing in a professional contract. The contractors want to repeat the climbing experience that emerged for the first team that can be easily marketed in Europe, which is what is happening now.

And these are the things that encouraged Emad Al-Nahhas, technical director of the contractors team, to push him in the final 2019/2020 season, with the first team despite not having turned 18: “After the Corona stage, he participated in friendlies with the contractors and scored a goal in the first game and fought with them several games as well as in the current 2020/2021 season he participated in the Confederation and gained more confidence ”.

Imad Al-Nahhas was not the only one in Egypt who caught his eye “the jewel of contractors,” as his agent called it. Rather, he was the player who was born in 2003 on the Egyptian youth team roster, born in 2001, who traveled to Tunisia under the leadership of Rabie Yassin to participate in the North African Championship before the national team was excluded. Due to the coronavirus infections that hit their ranks: “The matter did not stop. Youssef was present when he was two years younger than them, so the next generation will also join them. We are currently working on preparing his papers. traveling to Sporting Lisbon in February in coordination with the Contractors Administration “.

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