In the first response from Chancellor Turki Al-Sheh, head of the General Authority of Entertainment in Saudi Arabia, to the decision of the Egyptian Al-Ahly Club to remove his name from the club’s honorary list, Al-Sheikh asked the Egyptian Minister of Youth and Sports to return all his dues to Al-Ahly.
Al-Sheikh wrote on his official page on Facebook: "At the end, the resignation is accepted. The football is now in the Sports Minister’s court to return everything ... Oh, bee, do not excuse me and do not want your honey ... I wish they were writers of every need in the names."
The Board of Directors of Al-Ahly Club issued an official statement this evening stating: "Starting with the appreciation of the Board of Directors of Al-Ahly Club for members and fans of the club, and in light of recent developments on the sports field, the Council finds it obligatory to put before the public opinion a number of facts before announcing what has settled On him from the decisions, the board of directors committed to the highest levels of restraint, and raised a lot from the response, and he receives many false and scattered accusations about the relationship of Mr. Turki Al Sheikh, which has often deviated from the correct framework, on the part of the Sheikh himself, whether with the direct statement sometimes Or, by hinting at other times in an unprecedented way, and this commitment to the complete conviction of the Council came in turn to contribute to strengthening historical relations with the sister Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and in appreciation of the institutions of the concerned country that have supported and blessed this cooperation from its inception, in the framework of sports investment and the distinguished relationship with the brothers, as well What the club has historically associated with the honorary relations of the Kingdom and its princes, and respect for Mr. Turki Al Sheikh as a responsible man in the government of a country that has a special place in our hearts. "
Al-Ahly said: "The excesses and repeated accusations by Al-Sheikh, which the Council met a lot with silence due to its responsible stance, prompted the Board of Directors to take many measures to preserve the club's value and status, and to expose false accusations."
The statement stated: "The Council submitted a memorandum to the Minister of Youth and Sports on 5/27/2018 requesting that a ministerial committee be dispatched from the financial and administrative inspection to the club, to find out the truth of the support received from Mr. Turki Al-Sheikh (financial donations - secondments for players - Friendly matches - gifts in kind) and aspects of exchange, but the administrative authority waited a lot before the formation of the required committee and tried to bridge the points of view because the Sheikh of Al-Sheikh has something in a brotherly Arab country .. And in front of the insistence of Al-Ahly club, the ministerial committee was formed on 7/18/2018, and it carried out work Inspection and review and ended with the health and safety of the legal position of the club and its board of directors, and before the ministerial committee finished the inspection and review work, we were surprised to present Mr. Turki Al Sheikh with a new communication to the Attorney General, directing to the Board of Directors several accusations that affect his financial liability, in addition to his handling of these allegations On his official account on Facebook, many of the reports (more than 60) were attached to the Sheikh’s report, all of which were presented by the President of Zamalek Club in solidarity with him and echoing the accusations, and the Supreme Public Funds Prosecution began investigating all the reports and I ordered the formation of a high-level five-member committee of experts from the Ministry of Justice (graft) and after ensuring the integrity of all financial, administrative and accounting procedures for donations, and that all gifts presented were deposited in the club's treasury according to the constant in the records, until recently the decision of His Excellency the Attorney General to save Investigations and excluding suspicion of crimes of aggression or harming public funds. "
He added: "The Board of Directors submitted to the competent judicial authority all the irrefutable evidence and documents defending the reputation of the club and those responsible for it, when some of them, led by the same falsehoods and false accusations, filed lawsuits in the courts with the aim of distorting the image of the council in relation to the relationship with Mr. Turki Al Sheikh, so the complete fairness The decisive ruling of a final judicial ruling that acquits the Board of Directors of the allegation of accepting donations in violation of the law, confirming the integrity of all the procedures of the Council in this regard.
He stated: "Mr. Turki Al-Sheikh did not appreciate that the board of directors could not in any way touch the club’s principles or give up the legal mechanism for decision-making, which led to disputes, after which the Sheikh announced his resignation via social media twice .. The board refused to discuss these Resignations despite the public pressure that he was exposed to at that time, taking into account the sensitivity of the career status of the Sheikh family and appreciation for the responsible personalities (we appreciate and respect them), which interfered with the convergence of views at the time.
In light of the foregoing and after clearing all the facts, revealing falsehood and responding to false accusations, the board of directors did not mind opening a new page of the relationship, after Mr. Turki Al Sheikh extended his hand to the club’s president and visited him at his home with the blessing of some officials to check on his health, expressing his desire Turning the page of the past and restoring the good relationship, and the council raised all minorities in appreciation of the intimate relations with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the one hand, and the Sheikh’s family being a statesman who appreciates it on the other hand, but what happened recently has filled with enough and proved that there are those who did not appreciate the responsible position of the Council The management of Al-Ahly, which bore what is beyond its capacity .. Therefore, and in the interest of the value of the club and its position and the feelings of millions of its members and fans .. The Board of Directors met today and unanimously decided the following:
1- Canceling the previous board decision and removing Mr. Turki Al Sheikh from the honorary list of honorary heads of the club.
2- Addressing the Minister of Youth and Sports with a request to obtain his approval to return all the gifts offered by Al Sheikh in kind and financial donations that entered the treasury of the club, after these donations and gifts, in their financial and in kind value, have become property of the club and may not be disposed of except with the approval of the competent authority.