The Egyptian Al-Ahly Club issued an official statement this evening confirming the innocence of the club’s board chairman Mahmoud Al-Khatib and his deputy Al-Amri Farouk from the allegations made by counsel of the counselor Turki Al Sheikh, head of the General Authority for Entertainment in Saudi Arabia, and the club confirmed in the statement that was published on his official website that he closed this file permanently .

The statement said: “Although the club’s board of directors, headed by Captain Mahmoud Al-Khatib, closed the file of Mr. Turki Al-Sheikh permanently, in a respectful framework. The council decided in its meeting held on 2/6/2020 to cancel its previous decision, and remove the name of Mr. Turki Al-Sheikh from the honorary list To the club’s honor leaders, and to address the Minister of Youth and Sports with a request to obtain his approval to return all donations and gifts of the Sheikh family that entered Al-Ahly’s treasury, because they became part of the club’s property, and the Board of Directors has no authority to dispose of them except after the approval of the competent authorities. Whether near or far, due to the respect and appreciation of many constants, the club was recently surprised by two warnings from one of the attorneys and a representative of Mr. Turki Al Sheikh, confirming that his donations to Al-Ahly were for the sake of honesty and spending from them in specific aspects such as: “Buying the player Salah Mohsen - Purchase Sportswear - renewal of contracts for some players - salary of the coach of the football team - rewards for players and employees - support for deals for loaning players Saleh Jumah, Hussein Al-Sayed and Amr Barakat to the Saudi League - developing club facilities ... etc. », but according to the two warnings For those who have written it down by the lawyer himself and will not be taken into account or issued by any legal authority, the club has paid these sums and did not spend them for the agreed purposes. He said in the first warning that his total donations reached 262 million pounds, and in the second warning he said that it is 228.5 million pounds, after deducting the value of the gifts, and he added that the club received these donations without the approval of the competent authorities, but because the club dealt with this file with the utmost transparency and asked the competent authorities In the country, review the file of donations and gifts to ensure the safety of the measures taken by the administration, whether the Financial and Administrative Inspection Committee from the Ministry of Youth and Sports or the Five-Year Committee from the graft device or the Supreme Public Funds Prosecution, which has investigated more than 60 reports in this regard, or The Nile Palace Misdemeanor Court, which issued a final and final ruling, all this ended up with the integrity and integrity of the club's position and its board of directors, as well as the decision of His Excellency the Attorney General to save all the reports due to the absence of the charge of assaulting public money, although such warnings express the viewpoint of its writer only without The slightest responsibility and that what was included in the words of absurd and that the position of the legal club does not accept doubt or bidding after all the supervisory authorities said their speech and stressed the transparency of the work of the Board of Directors in this file..but it does not even get lost right Correct, the club administration has responded to the lawyer of Mr. Turki Al-Sheikh formally and decisively and decisively, and documents, and revealed all fallacies and put points on the letters to permanently collapse this page .. And we find below a summary of this response and came as follows:

First: It was mentioned by the first warning from Al Sheikh’s lawyer that he financially supported the club with 262 million pounds, then he returned and decided on the second warning that the subsidy was 228.5 million pounds after deducting the value of the gifts, according to what was reached by the financial and administrative inspection committee of the Ministry of Youth and Sports as well as a committee of experts of the Ministry Justice - Department of Illicit Earning and Public Funds Delegated in Communication No. 937 of 2018, contained a curriculum vitae of public funds and registered with No. 43 of 2018 restricting the investigation of record number 322 of 2018 counting higher public funds, the two committees concluded that the total value of the amounts in the Egyptian pound is one hundred and three hundred And thirty-eight thousand seven hundred and thirty-six pounds, according to the exchange rate issued by the Central Bank.

Second: The warnings stated that the financial support is directed to certain agreed-upon purposes, according to the results of the Financial and Administrative Inspection Committee of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, as well as the Committee of Experts of the Ministry of Justice - The Department of Illegal Gain and Public Funds Delegated in Communication No. 937 of 2018 and received a general biography, And restricted by No. 43 of 2018, an investigation restriction, restricted by No. 322 of 2018, an inventory of high public funds, the two committees have concluded that those amounts are not specified in purpose, i.e. they were granted to the club without specifying specific and specific matters and purposes for their spending, and they were added to the club’s money in the bank, It has thus become its property and is not separated from the club's previous or subsequent revenues and the freedom to dispose of it according to the laws and regulations.

Third: The two warnings were mentioned that financial support pertains to loaning some players to the Saudi League, including "the players: Hussein Al-Sayed, Amr Barakat and Saleh Jumaa" .. According to the findings of the Financial and Administrative Inspection Committee of the Ministry of Youth and Sports as well as the Committee of Experts of the Ministry of Justice - Department of Illicit Gain and Public Funds Delegated in communication No. 937 of 2018, he received a general funds biography, restricted by number 43 for the year 2018, an investigation restriction, registered with number 322 for the year 2018, an inventory of high public funds, the two committees concluded that the exchange of players loan is from the financial resources of Al Ahly Club, and is not considered It does not fall under financial support, but it is the dues of Al-Ahly in exchange for seconding players and it is one of its financial resources, according to Law No. 71 of 2017, and according to the financial regulations for clubs issued by Resolution No. 605 of 2017, and it is considered support from the Al-Sheikh club for Saudi clubs loaned to Al-Ahly players. .

Fourth: The two warnings stated that the amount of support was given to the club as a matter of trust, to disburse it in certain aspects agreed upon between them, and then decided in the second warning that the administration betrayed the trust and squandered those sums by refraining in bad faith from spending those amounts for the agreed purposes. In response to that, what was stated in the two warnings that the amount of support was given as a matter of trust, it is pure nonsense, and it is not worth replying to, as it appears that he did not read the documents submitted by him in his communication No. 937 of 2018, and he received a biography of public funds, recorded in No. 43 of 2018, An investigation, restricted by No. 322 of 2018, confining high public funds, in which a decision was issued to exclude the suspicion of aggression crimes on public money and save it, after number 10 for the year 2020 had registered complaints, and the Sheikh’s lawyer did not see the investigations of the Supreme Public Funds Prosecution nor the report of my committee The financial and administrative inspection of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, as well as the Committee of Experts of the Ministry of Justice - Department of Illegal Gain and Public Funds, the two committees have concluded that those amounts are not specified in purpose, that is, they were granted to the club without specifying specific and specific matters and purposes for their spending, and they were added to the club's money And thus became the property of the club and its money, and is not separated from the club's previous or subsequent revenues, and the club is free to dispose of it according to the laws and regulations. Therefore, the allegation of suspicion of the crime of breach of trust, as stated in the two warnings, is not echoed in the papers and contradicts the reality and the truth.

Fifth: The two warnings stated that the club accepted financial donations without the approval of the competent authorities in contravention of the text of Article 25 of Law No. 71 of 2017 regarding the issuance of the Sports Law .. According to the minutes of the meetings of the club’s board of directors meeting, donations were confirmed and the administrative authority was notified of them, which did not show any objection In addition to its explicit approval at a later date of these donations, in addition to the issuance of a final judicial ruling in Case No. 9894 of 2018, the misdemeanor of the Nile Palace, and registered with No. 5852 of 2018, an appellate misdemeanor in central Cairo acquitted the club president and his deputy on the same subject. Consequently, what came with the two warnings sent from Al-Sheikh’s lawyer are merely false allegations, which have been decided in the communication submitted by him No. 937 for the year 2018, and he mentioned the curriculum vitae of public funds, and restricted to number 43 for the year 2018, restriction of investigation, recorded with number 322 of 2018, inventory of higher public funds , In which a decision was issued to exclude and suspend crimes of aggression on public money, after having registered No. 10 of 2020 with complaints lodged.

At the conclusion of the statement: "Therefore, the Al-Ahly club's board of directors, although it is not legally obligated to return these donations, after it became part of the club's funds that are monitored by the administrative and supervisory authorities, and owned by the club's general assembly, but in the interest of the value and status of members of the board of directors And assess the values ​​and constants and the history of the club, and this page is collapsed. “After the decision of His Excellency the Attorney General in the communication No. 937 of 2018, a report on the conduct of public funds, and restricted to No. 43 of 2018, an investigation report, restricted to No. 322 of 2018, the inventory of higher public funds.” The administration is the one who initiated on his own and took a decision in his meeting held on 2/6/2020 “to address 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 entered the treasury of the club, after these donations and gifts have become financial and in kind from Club property, and it is not permissible to dispose of it except with the approval of the competent authority.

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