The Gulf Arab Football League clubs are awaiting, during the next few days, the official position of completing the competition stalled since March 15th to limit the spread of the Corona virus, amid great support from the majority to cancel the current season, given the great repercussions that entail the remaining seven rounds in The tournament, in terms of preparation periods and the difficulty of traveling to Europe to set up the preparation and preparation camps, and the financial cost for renewing contracts for a large number of players whose contracts expire at the end of this month.
Amidst this "uncertainty" and the state of the great controversy over the future of the competition, 10 scenarios have jumped into the scene, regarding the fate of the current season, monitored by "Emirates Today" in the next report.
1- Cancellation of the league
The cancellation of the season has become one of the scenarios presented due to the difficulties that face the completion of the competition, among them are the preparation obstacles that require travel abroad to set up external camps and the high financial cost that the clubs will incur as a result of extending the contracts of their players, especially foreigners.
2- Coronation of Al-Ahly youth
The idea of crowning Al Ahly youth leaders with 43 points, six points higher than its closest competitors, is similar to what was done by a European country that took the step to cancel the competition, such as France, which announced the crowning of Paris Saint Germain with the title, and Belgium, which granted the title to Club Brugge.
3- Complete the season
The League did not exclude from its calculations the completion of the season at the end of August, to avoid the crises that might occur in the season and resolve the front and bottom conflicts, within the green rectangle, similar to some leagues that adhere to the return of activity in the next few months, and find legitimacy to determine the teams qualified for the AFC Champions League, and the two sides of the super match And in support of the league in economic terms.
4- Increasing the seats
Some voices calling for an increase in the seats in the Arab Gulf League in the coming season to preserve the rights of the clubs that competed in the amateur league and not wasted its opportunity to appear in the professional league, with the competition being held next season from two groups due to the national team's links in the World Cup qualifiers.
5- League four
The proposed scenarios include canceling the league and crowning Al-Ahly youth with the title, setting up a quadrilateral session between the last two teams, and the first and second-ranked teams in the Amateur League similar to what happened in the 2013 season, when the number of league seats was increased from 12 to 14 teams.
6- The final of the cup
The final match for the President’s Cup did not come out of the season’s scenarios accounts. Canceling the current season without identifying the competition’s champion may prompt the Football Association not to hold that confrontation, which is due to bring together Al Ain and Al Dhafra. Cup match with the start of next season.
7- The registration section
Opening the door for registration entered into the proposals for the completion of the season in the event that this was settled, as an alternative solution that compensates the clubs for not extending the contracts of their players and benefiting from them in the next season, as some clubs began negotiating with foreign players for all the prospects.
8- Asian participation
With regard to the participation of clubs in the next edition of the AFC Champions League, it has been reported that there are two possibilities for resolving this file if the league is canceled, the first is to settle the four teams in agreement between the professional league clubs, or the arrangement of the clubs in the 2018 version / 2019.
9- Super match
The completion of the season will guarantee the establishment of the super match without a problem, after the identity of the league champion and the President’s Cup is determined, but the greatest controversy will remain regarding the identification of the parties to the super match at the beginning of the new season, if the current season is not completed, and this may increase the chances of canceling that The match is like any other.
10- Absence of the public
In the event of completing the season, it will surely be without a public presence, and the games are held behind closed doors within a strict set of criteria, to maintain the spacing between individuals and the presence of players and technical equipment in a safe place, in the event of a continuing global disease.
Some votes called for an increase in league seats, to preserve the rights of amateur clubs.
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The leader-youth balance point is six points ahead of his nearest competitors.