Full details of the Al-Ahly case with Abdullah Al-Saeed

After more than a year, Al-Ahly’s case with the Abdullah Al-Saeed pyramids came to the surface again, after the Al-Ahmar administration filed a new complaint with the Egyptian Football Association to claim the right of the club to his former player, after the FIFA complaint in February 2019.

Al-Ahly sold Abdullah to the Saudi club Al-Ahly in July 2018 after the famous crisis that erupted because he signed with Zamalek, and made sure not to play for any Egyptian team with a clause in the contract, but the player surprised all upon returning to Egypt after a few months from the door of the Pyramids in January 2019.

The 34-year-old man terminated his contract with Al-Ahly Jeddah and returned to join the Pyramids, without Al-Ahly receiving the value of the penalty clause stipulated in the triple contract between the Al-Qaheri club and Al-Ahly Jeddah. and the player when Al-Saeed moved to the Saudi club two years ago.

An exceptional item

Turning to the fourth clause of the tripartite contract concluded between Al-Ahly, Al-Ahly Jeddah and Abdullah Al-Saeed, he states:

1- The three parties have agreed that the player may not be resold or loaned to any club in the Arab Republic of Egypt in any way, for a period of 3 football seasons from the signing of the contracts.

2- It is also agreed that in the event that the player is eliminated by the second party, whether reselling or seconding outside Egypt, the buyer or the part loaned to the player must subsequently comply within the period specified above with the same conditions established in this contract that refer to the rights of Al-Ahly Club.

The contract also included a penal clause agreed in the seventh point, which reads as follows:

– It is agreed in the event that any third party or third party (the player) violates any of the terms of this contract, is obliged to pay the amount of 2,000,000 (two million US dollars) as an agreed criminal condition, and cannot be increase or decrease in any way, AND you will be paid immediately after the violation occurs

On Friday, January 4, 2019, everyone was surprised by the inclusion of Abdullah Abdullah Al-Saeed in the Pyramids team, and he was involved the same day against Al-Ahly in the match between the two teams in the League championship. Egyptian, and managed to score a goal against his former team in the famous confrontation that ended with the Pyramids (1-2))

Controversial termination contract

Voiding Abdullah Al-Saeed’s contract with Al-Ahly Jeddah before moving to the Pyramids, reportedly prevents Al-Ahly from obtaining the penalty clause, which was denied by Helmy Abdel-Razek, Al-Ahly’s legal adviser , emphasizing that the clause is still in force and its case with the player, knowing that an agreement Your transfer to the pyramids is recorded as “free transfer”.

Hilmi Abdel-Razek said during a previous television interview: “The contract stipulates that any behavior between the second party (Al-Ahly Jeddah) and the third party (the player himself), this cancellation was made at the will of both parties, which it is considered a measure in itself and involves the application of the penal clause, especially since it was done without the approval of the first part (Al-Ahly).

He added: “Anything reported about the non-application of the penalty clause on Abdullah due to the termination of his contract with the people of Jeddah is illegal, the contract is the law of the contractors and it is not allowed to modify it except with the agreement of all parties, especially since the player was not required to sign these contracts and it was done voluntarily, and we ask him to pay the amount of De Abdullah Al-Saeed. “

Al-Ahly’s legal adviser indicated that the club will not give up its rights, before revealing the reasons for placing this exceptional clause that prevents Al-Saeed from moving to any other club within Egypt: “Al-Ahly had a vision to place this condition in the terms of the contract represented in the fact that no other club benefited from Player Services “.

Al-Ahly lost the case?

Mohamed Bayoumi, a regulatory expert, confirmed in telephone statements in the early hours of Sunday morning that Al-Ahly’s claims in this case that were submitted to the International Football Association against the Saudi club Al-Ahly were rejected by full, noting that the Al-Ahmar club has no right to claim the amount of $ 2 million.

Bayoumi said on the Sada Al-Balad channel: “The agreement between Al-Ahly and the people of Jeddah stipulated that Saudi Arabia Al-Ahly would pay $ 2 million if Abdullah Al-Saeed left any Egyptian club during his contract period, and the player did not move from Al-Ahly Jeddah to an Egyptian club, but the contract was terminated By mutual consent between the two parties. “

He added: “Accordingly, Abdullah Al-Saeed became a free player, and has the right to move to any club in the world, and therefore the Saudi club’s responsibility for any transfer process is denied, and Abdullah Al-Saeed or any new Egyptian club has nothing to do with the amount of the criminal clause, especially since Saudi Arabia Al-Ahly was the one responsible for it. “

He concluded by saying, “Al-Ahly of Saudi Arabia, according to the agreement, is not required to pay the penalty clause in Abdullah Al-Saeed’s contract with Al-Ahly due to the termination of the contract, as well as the International Association Soccer rejected Al-Ahly’s complaint entirely, and the Egyptian federation has no right to judge Al-Ahly’s complaint because it is linked to a Saudi club. “

The Football Association resolves the dispute.

Al-Ahly announced that he had filed a complaint with the Football Association after receiving the response from the International Football Association (FIFA) that he is no longer entrusted with the resolution of the dispute regarding club fees, because Abdullah Al-Saeed currently plays within the ranks of an Egyptian club and therefore the matter has become an internal matter and the person responsible is the Egyptian Football Association.

The club’s administration again filed the aforementioned complaint with the Football Association while backing it up with a copy of the triple contract and FIFA correspondence, knowing that the Al-Ahmar management appealed to the Football Association from the outset regarding the same crisis, and his response came quickly that he is not responsible for solving this conflict because there is an external party and it is the family of his Saudi grandfather.

An official source from the Egyptian Football Association, which is responsible for resolving the conflict at the current time, confirmed during Laila Koura’s comments that Al-Ahly’s complaint against Al-Saeed reached Jabalia last Wednesday, highlighting that the board of directors of the Football Association intends to form a committee to study the complaint and its documents and decide on them.

This comes in light of Ashraf Abdulaziz’s lawyer, Abdullah Al-Saeed’s lawyer, through Yalla Koura, that he received no notification from either party about Al-Ahly’s complaint against the international player, indicating that he would move to study the matter once the Football Association officially notified him, without revealing any details. About the answer only after receiving the complaint.