Ahmed Al-Rumaithi, Chairman of Al-Wahda Football Company, said that winning the Arabian Gulf League title is a measure of success for the club's board, technical staff and players, adding: “I will be the first to leave the club if we don't achieve the league title.”
Al-Rumaithi said in a press conference yesterday, to present Carlos Lopez «Carlos» after joining Unity until 2022, that «Annabi is waiting for an important challenge, is to win the league title», noting: «winning the title is a measure of our work, especially as we passed "There is a lot of experience in previous seasons, and there is a degree of satisfaction with what we have reached for the state of maturity, to rectify these mistakes which I mean to stay the fittest, whether to manage the club or the players, and the periodic evaluation of the technical staff."
He added: «There will be no laxity, and the family of the ball in the unit and the board of directors and technical and administrative staff and players demanding the league championship against the president of the club and his fans, and our assessment of ourselves and the measure of our success is the league championship».
He continued: «Last season did not lack anything to get the championship, but the relaxation and lapses at one stage caused this thing, and there have been demands to contract with national players in other clubs, but we at the club our contracts are duly and customary and respect the contracts of the players With their clubs. ”
Al-Rumaithi stressed the application of the principle of holding everyone accountable in the current season. “I reiterate that the team and the technical staff and we, as an administration, will be held accountable, as we accept any criticism from the public, and we all try this season to overcome the obstacles facing the fans. "There are 200 fans in some games, and in other games we see 10,000, and we hope there will be a balance that highlights the true identity of the club."
Regarding the Carlitos deal, he said: "In the past period, we were discussing several options and names, and Carlitos was among them, and negotiations started at an early stage, and with the passage of time and at the request of the technical staff, the Spanish player was appropriate at the technical level."
He added: We hope that the new names will be an addition to the team, but in return we are trying to take advantage of the mistakes and try to attract the best elements ».
And about the contract said: «The contract for three seasons, and the value of less than three million euros, which was reported by the Polish press». He pointed out that the departure of Brazilian Leonardo, finally, was one of the reasons that renewed the interest of the unit to Carlos and led to the contract.
Carlitos: Negredo encouraged me to join the unit
"He encouraged me to move to Al Wahda and I am really grateful to the management of the club for this opportunity, and I promise the Annabi fans to do everything I can to win," he said at the press conference.
"This is the first time I have played in the region. All I have received is wonderful things about the UAE and Al Wahda Club." On the delay in the completion of the contract, he said: «unity did a lot for this contract».
Al Rumaithi stressed that the measure of action for them in Unity this season is the league title.