Check 12 million dollars .. Why "godfather of normalization" Zamalek club?

Khaled Masri-Cairo

UAE billionaire Khalaf Al Habtoor visited Zamalek on Monday evening, where he was received by the president of the white club Morteza Mansour.

Al Habtoor, a businessman and chairman of the Al Habtoor Group, does not hide his support for the Zionist entity, the author of the famous saying "Arabs and Jews are cousins."

A source within the office of Morteza Mansour revealed to Al Jazeera Net the details of Al Habtoor's visit to Zamalek and the material gains achieved by the president of the White Club.

The source, who declined to be named, revealed that Murtaza Mansour took advantage of his good relationship with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, and asked him to fund and support his team, as happened between Al Ahli rivals and former president of the Saudi Sports Authority Turki Al-Sheikh.

The source added, "Mohammed bin Zayed has already responded, and he sent Khalaf Al Habtoor to begin his support for Zamalek, and indeed the man donated $ 12 million to the White Castle and gave a check to Murtaza in his name."

He pointed out that "Murtaza asked him to change the check and write it in two separate papers, the first check Murtaza transferred to the Ministry of Youth and Sports to be approved and out of the issue of tracking the Central Auditing Agency behind him, and the second check in the name of one of Murtaza's sons or grandchildren, a special gift from Habtoor To the president of Zamalek. "

The source stressed that Murtaza is doing this with any donor, divide the amount by himself and take the largest share, and then send to the club the smallest part of the funds.

Turning to the talk between the parties - according to the source - not to attack Murtaza Israel again, especially as he is famous in his television interventions of the permanent attack on the Zionist entity.

Al Habtoor posted a video to welcome Murtaza Mansour at his home in which he said, “I was delighted to receive Chancellor Murtaza Mansour at my home in Cairo.While it is the first time we have met, the visit was enjoyable with an interesting conversation as if we were friends for a long time, hello.”

Khalaf Al Habtoor, a UAE businessman, said earlier that "we in the Gulf states must say publicly that we want to establish relations with Israel. I want the UAE's relations with Israel to be open, which we can benefit politically and economically on both sides."