Athletes emphasized that football will change dramatically with the end of the Corona crisis, noting that there are technical benefits associated with returning players to stadiums with great passion and thirst for play, despite their need for significant physical and technical preparation, and reliance on academies and club schools to build and escalate players instead of Buy them outside the rules.
They said to «Emirates Today»: «the technical benefits will be present, but there are also huge financial losses that will affect the clubs in terms of preparing for the next season, the lack of teams for foreign players who have a global reputation, and the emergence of austerity policies to reduce expenditures on players’ salaries and high wages for some of them » .
Football is a skill
The Director of Public Relations at the Football Association, Abdel-Qader Hassan, confirmed that the technical side is the only thing that will not change after overcoming the “Corona” crisis. He said: “The ball is as it is, the skill is available, the passion exists, and the desire to return, and the opportunity to stop may be beneficial to the players with compulsory relief. Before strongly returning to competitions and stadiums ».
He added: «There is no doubt that there will be a change after the pandemic, especially in financial terms, and we have heard that one of the councils will reduce financial support for clubs, and it is natural that this reduction in budgets will affect exchange on the salaries of players, allowances and camps, and presses the clubs to search for ways to market and attract funds Reducing expenses in order for the club to ensure continuity, and may withdraw not to retain a larger number of players and give the opportunity to young people, and rely on the work of the academies, and focus on the age stages without resorting to buying the ready player ».
searching for the best
For his part, Hassan Ibrahim, the former chairman of the Emirates Club, said that "Corona" will impose a financial crisis on all clubs in the world, which means reducing budgets and searching for the best within the available budget. He explained: «Before (Corona) there was an economic crisis that experts expected to be stronger than the financial crisis in 2008, and the Corona pandemic came to exacerbate that economic crisis and multiply the severity of its effects, which will be reflected in various areas of life, including sports, All countries of the world will be affected by them in varying proportions. ”
He added, “Therefore, the clubs’ budgets will shrink, and all of this will be reflected on the players ’contracts, their quality and their levels, as well as on the level of coaches, as the decrease in coaches’ contract allocations will impose on clubs clubs contracting with lower-level coaches, and all this will put pressure on administrative aspects, and on Administrators devise plans and measures to ensure clubs continue to play their role with austerity budgets, and administrators must make double efforts to select good players and coaches at a reasonable cost, away from lavish exchange and indifference, and these appear to be expected benefits after (Corona) ».
Foreign players
Former director of Al-Nasr team Khaled Obaid stressed that the "Corona" crisis will have many repercussions at the beginning of the next season, and he said: "There will be a financial impact after reducing budgets, which requires reducing technical and medical cadres, and the difficulty of contracting with foreign players with a global reputation and attendance. Good technical, also at the local player level, as the crisis will have significant repercussions on the clubs, including the period of preparation for the teams after the long pausing period, which will be held in a hot and humid atmosphere in the event of difficulty traveling to European countries, its atmosphere is suitable for morning and evening exercises, and the matches are provided opposite Internal setup, difficulty in playing games depending on the program ».
new world
As for the director of the Olympic national team, Jamal Buhandi, he said: “In many countries of the world, football was the one who controlled the economy of countries and their development, and managing them properly led to their remarkable superiority and economic growth, and vice versa, and it is expected that football "You will see many expected changes in all of these areas."
He added: «From the mass side, which represents the nerve of football, it is certain that the return in principle will be without fans, and even if we assume that some countries risk non-public attendance at football matches, the attendance will not be the turnout and the desire themselves as they were before (Corona), what will affect the technical level and the financial return of the clubs. ”
He continued: «It is assumed that there will be administrative and financial committees and supervision while listing the terms of the contracts accurately, whether for coaches and technical equipment or players, and choosing the players to contract with them according to the club’s capabilities financially and according to the capabilities of the players technically, and according to the need for them in certain centers and vacant only And not to exaggerate the accumulation of players in a way that costs the treasures of clubs large sums, and I think that the interests of countries and governments after (Corona) will focus on other areas that may be greater and more important than the field of sports in general.
Technical benefits
■ the unbridled desire of the players to return and play with great passion.
Failure to accumulate players in clubs and give youth a greater chance.
■ Pay more attention to academies and schools within clubs.
Control expenses away from the indifference to the purchase of players.
Budget cuts The spending on players' salaries, uniforms, and camps will be drained.
Requesting administrative and financial oversight committees while listing contract terms for coaches, technical equipment or players.