Ainawi source said that all the players of the first team and the technical staff, who are outside the country, will arrive in the city of Al Ain within the next 48 hours, in order to participate in the launching of preparations for preparing for the new football season, after next Wednesday set an official date to perform the first training session on Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium, behind closed doors, and in accordance with health requirements.
The source assured, "Emirates Today", that they were facing continuous changes in the date of the arrival of the players and the technical staff, due to the inconsistency of flights, due to the failure of some countries to reduce the health restrictions on preventing the spread of the Corona virus, indicating that they expect everyone to arrive at a date before the start of Training sessions.
The coach, Portuguese Pedro Emmanuel, and his supporting team are in Portugal, while the Togolese international striker, Lapa Kudjo, is spending his annual vacation in his hometown, which is the same with the Brazilian duo: Caio Canedo and Nani Philippe, while a number of players are still outside Abu Dhabi. The source pointed out that the permit to enter Abu Dhabi for players residing outside the emirate is being extracted, after being examined, indicating that all arrangements have been completed pending the deadline for the start of training sessions, noting at the same time that the team is committed to applying its previous, special plan Set up an internal camp, unless something new happens. It is noteworthy that Al Ain had started, last week, the first stage of preparation for the new football season, by conducting comprehensive medical examinations for players located in the city of Al Ain, under the supervision of the Medical Committee of the Football Company, headed by Dr. Talal Al-Khazraji, and the follow-up of Dr. Jurika Rakic, team doctor the first.
Coach Pedro is there, and his supporting staff, in Portugal, while players: Lapa, Caio and Nani spend their holidays in their country.