The Egyptian Minister of Youth and Sports, Dr. Ashraf Sobhi, revealed the latest developments of the problem that had recently been raised between the head of the General Authority for Recreation in Saudi Arabia, Turki Al-Sheikh, and the Al-Ahly Board of Directors headed by Mahmoud Al-Khatib, concerning the Al-Sheikh donations to the Al-Ahly Club, indicating that the ministry has played a legal role towards the crisis .
Turki Al-Sheikh had announced that he had waived all cases towards Al-Ahly Club after the death of his father, Al-Ahly Board Member Khaled Murtaja.
The Egyptian Minister of Sports said in televised remarks carried by Egyptian media: "We played our legal role and communicated with Al-Ahly Club, and I believe that a message arrived from Mr. Turki Al-Sheikh to waive all issues, but this is a purely legal procedure, and we are all behind our institutions despite the need to deal With an order in legal form. "