The Al-Ittihad club management decided to appeal to the Sports Arbitration Center against the decisions of the Professional Committee to ban the registration of the Al-Ittihad club in the upcoming winter transfers, as well as to suspend Hamdallah (4 months), Hamed Al-Balawi (6 months ) and Mishaal Al-Said (3 months), except for financial fines of 300 thousand each and 500 thousand to the club.
On the other hand, the Federal Administration has changed its contracting strategy during this summer’s transfers in light of the decisions of the Committee on Professionalism, and it has been decided to take time to settle deals to study the needs of the team, especially as Hamdallah’s punishment begins. with the start of the season and not now.
Clause 8 of Article 18 regarding suspension states that “interruptions in activity between two seasons do not count towards the period of suspension.” the existence of another case against Hamdallah in FIFA, despite the strong position of Hamdallah in this case, but the question now is whether the team needs another spearhead or not.
On the other hand, Angolan winger of Portuguese nationality Helder Costa, a professional for English club Leeds United, is close to taking over as dean during the current Mercato, as it happened between the administrations of the two clubs, on the recommendation of the Portuguese coach Nuno Santo.
Costa is expected to play at right wing and has gone through several professional experiences, most notably with Portuguese clubs, Benfica, Monaco of France, Wolves, Leeds in England and Valencia in Spain.
Costa, 28, was on loan at Valencia last season and played 27 league and cup matches with him, scoring two goals and none.
In this context, the Federal Administration also opened communication channels to strengthen the goalkeeper center, and it was decided to include goalkeeper Ahmed Al Kassar in support of the Federal Guard next to Grohe, and negotiations between the two parties have reached an advanced stage.
