Moroccan newspaper "Al-Sabah" revealed efforts made by the president of the Egyptian Zamalek club, Mortada Mansour, to persuade the most prominent stars of the team this season, Moroccan Ashraf Ben Sharqi to continue with the team and not listen to the offers that reached the player in the recent period.
The newspaper, quoting sources close to the player, said that Mortada Mansour made a very tempting offer to persuade the player to stay by raising his salary without revealing his new value. Bin Sharqi presented a great season, during which he scored 13 goals and 8 assists, and was decisive in many matches, perhaps the most famous being when he scored a double from the Zamalek trilogy in the Tunisian Esperance Cup, and then in the African Champions League match against the same team, to lead Zamalek to reach The semi-finals, and strike a date with Moroccan Raja Casablanca, before the football activity stopped in all of the African continent as a result of the spread of the Corona epidemic.
Because of what Ben Sharky gave, he received offers from French teams such as Nice, Strasbourg and Montpellier, as well as the Turkish Trabzonspor, the Greek Olympiacos, and the Belgian Standard Liege. However, in return, the club refused to reduce the fine of the 32 thousand dollars imposed on Bin Sharqi because of his participation in the program "Ramiz.. Majnoon Official", without permission from the club, along with his colleague Tariq Hamid. The program presented by the Egyptian artist Ramiz Jalal on the "MBC" channel caused a great controversy in the recent period, which prompted Mortada Mansour to file a complaint with the public prosecutor against him, and demanding his suspension. It is noteworthy that Bin Sharqi moved to Zamalek from the Saudi Crescent, and his contract lasts until 2022.