The head of the Committee on the Status and Transfers of Former Players in the Football Association, Dr. Salim Al-Shamsi, has proposed a review of the current financial system of Professional Football League clubs, and that the budget of the professional club should not exceed - in any way - 150 million dirhams, including the salaries of all employees of the club, And contracts with coaches and local and foreign players and their incentives, indicating that there are clubs ready to spend amounts up to 300 million dirhams or more, and also there are clubs whose budgets are much less than this amount, but there must be reasonable and reasonable solutions to limit the large exchange of clubs in the Arab Gulf League, Considering that the great discrepancy between the budgets of clubs is not in the interest of the development of the UAE league, confirming the public’s reluctance to watch the league matches and its move to follow other international leagues, in search of fun, excitement and suspense, due to the decline in the technical level. Al Shamsi told «Emirates Today» that “due to the lack of fairness in financial exchange between clubs, this new proposal for clubs’ financial system achieves four main goals, which is to implement the rule of fair financial play through the knowledge of all, especially the Football Association, a budget Each club, as well as in reducing the great financial exchange of some clubs on the contracts of coaches and local and foreign players, especially in light of the Corona pandemic, and also achieves the principle of justice and equal opportunities between clubs, raises the technical level of the Arab Gulf League competition, and returns the crowd extensively to the stands. Al Shamsi added: “I invite the relevant authorities, in clubs, the Football Association, sports councils and the Professional Association, to hold specialized workshops, to discuss the best ways to determine appropriate budgets for clubs and to control the issue of financial exchange, especially in light of the current circumstances the entire world is going through, and what changes have occurred And developments due to this pandemic ». He continued: «Applying the rule of fair financial play, instead of there are big differences between some clubs, if achieved, it will lead to enriching the competition, but if the current situation continues, there will be only two clubs that will compete in titles and championships, and if we want to change the current reality experienced by a ball The Emirates in general, and the Arab Gulf League in particular, we must change the current method in club budgets, and we must take advantage of the great development witnessed in the international leagues, especially the English, which is characterized by a specific and very strict financial system, and binding for each club, for fear of being subjected to severe penalties, in If it is broken, it will not create a kind of equivalence. ” He continued: "The problem that our clubs are suffering from is that they do not have their own financial revenues, but rather depend on government support, unlike the European clubs that depend on running their affairs on their financial revenues."
Al Shamsi pointed out that when he was head of the Committee on the Status and Transfer of Players in the Football Association, he brought up the idea of setting a ceiling for players ’salaries, but some clubs announced that they were ready to spend on their players without a specific ceiling, indicating that they tried all methods, to compel clubs to reduce financial exchange, but without Benefit, and it's time to think about other ways.
• “I call for holding workshops, to discuss the best ways to determine appropriate budgets for clubs, and to control the issue of financial exchange.”