The former Emirati Al-Nasr player, Sudanese Al-Fadil Santo, revealed that he moved to the first club in his career against a cup of Karak tea and that the procedures were taken under pressure from his older brother, and that was in 1969 when he was a player in the Giants team, one of the clubs of the junior associations in the city of Wad Madani in the state The island south of the capital, Khartoum.
Santo told Al-Emarat Al-Youm, laughing: “I remember those details well. My older brother moved to a civil club for me two weeks before me. Then my other brother, Abdo, came to me and took me to the headquarters of Al-Ittihad Civil Club and forced me to sign them. I remember that I did not get any Money, they gave me a cup of milk tea, "Karak tea".
The player of the "Al-Ameed" team in the golden age indicated that he was refusing to sign and its time he was crying because he did not want to sign for the Al-Ittihad team, and he said: "They offered me a cup of tea with milk, all the procedures took place in the clubhouse and I spent with them only 4 months, I think my move to their classes was A good turn in my career because after that I moved to the ranks of Mars. "
Regarding the details of his contract with the Emirati "Brigadier", Mr. Santo explained that Al-Nasr Club was on a visit to Sudan and among the members of the delegation was Sheikh Mana bin Khalifa Al Maktoum, who took negotiations with him and Al Hilal player Ali Qaqreen, and said, "I joined the team and traveled with him on his Arab tour that We visited Syria and Jordan and played a number of matches before heading to the Emirates. "
The Sudanese legend was surprised by the huge sums that the salaries of international football players have reached, such as Argentine Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in the current period, describing them with astronomical sums. Football is now a business. "
Mr. Santo expressed his happiness with the appreciation that he finds from the Emirates, especially Al-Nasr Club, on every visit he attends to Dubai, and he said: “The appreciation that I find in the Emirates I did not find even in my country Sudan, every time I visit Dubai I find a lot of appreciation from officials there and me I thank them for it, they do not forget about fraternal relations, which is not strange for them. "
He expressed his great sorrow for the victory of the Al-Nasr team from the coronation platforms in the Arab Gulf League since the last time he won the title in the 1985-1986 season, stressing that the great reputation of the "dean" obliges him to be a competitor for the league title and return it to his lockers again, especially that he lacks nothing but rather A little work.
He said: "Victory is an ancient team and it is sad to be absent from the league stage throughout this period. I hope that a team will be prepared for the future and that they will start with that from now on putting blocks that establish a strong team capable of rewriting history and winning the absent title throughout this period. I am keen to follow up The team’s matches from my place of residence in Sudan via television, the team offers team football, so I cannot say that there is a specific player.
Al-Fadou Santo considered that the previous generation of citizens ’players is still the best, and he said:“ It is true that Al-Jazira player Omar Abdel-Rahman is the most prominent current player, but it cannot be matched to the level that previous players such as Fahd Khamis, Adnan al-Taliani and Salem Bushnin had, because that generation is Whoever was the cause of the introduction of Emirati football abroad. "