The file of the renewal and departure of the Egyptian stars, from the ranks of the Red Castle, has become a major embarrassment for the club’s management, which has the largest popularity in Egypt.
And this file has become a time bomb for Al-Ahly's successive administrations due to the great popularity owned by many stars who have left the Red Castle, whether they are forced to do so or have the best in their affairs.
Perhaps the great star, Mahmoud Al-Khatib, is the Al-Ahly club’s president most exposed to embarrassment in front of his fans because of this thorny file, which has become a lot of unanswered questions about his inability to deal with it to achieve the desires and aspirations of the club’s fans.
Al-Ahly’s current administration has failed to deal with the contract file this season, when Ahmed Fathi decided to leave for the Pyramids Club, which gave him an offer that exceeded the benefits that Al-Ahly had offered him to extend his contract for two seasons.
The fans were also angry at the way in which Al-Ahly was overrated in two of the most important players in appreciation of the club's supporters, namely Sharif Ekrami, who decided to search for another club to play for him and the same with the team leader, Hossam Ashour, who is under great pressure from the club management to force him to retire.
This trio was not the "thorn" that injured the administration's throat. Al-Ahly was exposed to a situation that was most embarrassing for him during the reign of Al-Khatib when Abdullah Al-Saeed signed for Al-Zamalek and refused to extend his contract with the Red Castle, before the honorary president of Al-Ahly intervened, leaving Al-Sheikh, He maintains his pride and persuades Al-Saeed to renew Al-Ahly before the administration decides to dispense with his services on the pretext of preserving the club's principles.
The way the striker forced Imad Miteb to retire won great public sympathy as one of the most important goalscorers in the club's history.
In a different scenario, the Ivorian Soleimani Coulibaly refused to complete his contract with Al-Ahly and fled in 2017, despite his remarkable brilliance in the red shirt, and he signed with the coastal star.
Al-Ahly has a great history of questioning the dispensing of stars, the most famous of which was the quadrant Taher Abu Zaid, Rabi` Yassin, Mahmoud Saleh and Alaa Mihoub, who were dispensed in 1992, and the twins Hossam and Ibrahim Hassan, who traveled to Zamalek and investigated with him the most important era in the history of his local victories, were sacrificed. And continental.