Press reports revealed a major surprise regarding the plan of the Hilal Club Board of Directors, headed by Fahd Bin Nafil, to strengthen the ranks of the first football team.
The Saudi newspaper "Al-Watan" said: "The Crescent board decided to dispense with the trio Nawaf Al-Abed, Hattan Bahbari and Abdullah Al-Hafiz, at the end of the current sports season 2019-2020, adding that" Al-Hilal aims to include a group of major deals, over the next two years within the policy of replacement and renewal in Elements of the first football team, most of whom arrived between the ages of 28 and 30 ".
She explained that "the management of the Crescent aims to contract with the playmaker Fahad, who is born from Al-Ittihad, the international striker Abdullah Al-Hamdan, the youth star, and the midfield player Ali Al-Hassan, the player of Al-Fath, as the newspaper drew attention to the fact that negotiations are proceeding well with this trio so far."
Al-Hilal had only concluded one deal so far in the current "Mercato Summer", with the contractor Abdullah Al-Jadaani, coming from the ranks of the unit, while recovering his tired defender Muteb Al-Mufrij loaned to the youth.