Athletes stress that Al-Jazeera, Al-Nasr, and Al-Wahda keep pace with the development of global football ... and affirm:

The position of "Sports Director" is absent from the administrative positions in the league clubs

• Dane Mads Davidson worked with Swedish coach Erikson at Chinese club Shanghai.

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Athletes confirmed that a large number of Arab Gulf League clubs operate under the old system followed in the amateur era, regarding contracts with foreign coaches and players, and the same is true for national players, noting that the league clubs lack keeping pace with the development of football clubs in the world at the administrative level, Especially at the level of appointing a sports director for each club, as Al-Jazeera, Al-Nasr and Al-Wehda clubs are limited to their reliance on this position.

They told «Emirates Today»: “Reliance on technical committees alone is not sufficient to develop administrative and technical work in clubs,” stressing that “the most prominent characteristic of the sports director’s job is that it relies heavily on technological aspects and scientific digital matters in his work, which makes his work A complement to the technical committee that has a point of view that enhances the technical aspects that any team needs.

For his part, a member of the Board of Directors of Al-Nasr Football Company, Abdul Rahman Muhammad, stressed the importance of the position of the sports director for professional clubs, and said: “The sports director does a great, important work, and aspects that the clubs lack, in terms of digital and scientific matters, which are the basis of his work. ».

He added: “I do not agree on the opinion that the technical committees are no longer important, and that the sports director must be relied upon instead of them, as the technical committee also has a vital and important role that cannot be dispensed with, especially since this committee often includes names with great experience, Old players are fully aware of the club and its needs.

In turn, the former Al-Jazira player, Mohamed Al-Sayed, confirmed that hiring a sports director has become one of the basics of modern football. He said: “This position that was created in the past years, we have seen its positive impact in many European clubs in particular, in terms of contracts and joining Players add to their clubs at all levels, whether technical or financial.

He added: "It is important that the contract be with a sports director who has previous experience as a player and has achieved many championships, as he will combine the tasks required of him in terms of administrative matters, in addition to his great experience in the technical aspects."

He continued: "The work of the sports director should not be evaluated in one season, as he needs at least three years, in order to show the product of the work he has done and its impact on the team."

On the other hand, the sports director of Al-Jazira club, Danish Mads Davidson, who comes from Shanghai of China, confirmed that he considers his work complementary to the work of the club's management, coach and technical committee at the same time, stressing that this position has become essential in international clubs, due to the addition he provides. Task.

He said, "Al Jazeera is one of the most prominent clubs in the country that possesses a large group of talents, and this project suits me perfectly, as I worked on it in China, and presented many emerging players for the first team in Shanghai."

He added, "We have several goals that we focus on, most notably the support of the first team at Al-Jazira club with players who have good talents, which will shape the future of the team in the coming years, especially since the club already has a great academy."

He pointed out that he worked in several clubs, the last of which was Shanghai SIPG of China, while he worked closely with well-known coaches at the international level, most notably the Swedish Sven Goran Erickson and the Portuguese Andre Viach Boach.

The most prominent names that occupied the position of sports director in European clubs

Ramon Monchi, "Seville and Rome".

■ Tiksiki Bergstein, "Barcelona".

Giuseppe Marotta, “Juventus and Inter Milan”.

■ Leonardo Aruago, “Milan and Paris Saint-Germain”.

League clubs that have appointed a sports director

Island: Dane Mads Davidson.

Victory: The Dutchman, Jan Verslane.

Unit: Claudio Braga, Portugal.

Athletic Director

The sports director plays the role of coordinator between the technical and administrative parts, and is considered the link between the administration, the coach and the players, but he has powers that allow him to control the transfer market, and some technical matters.

• A large number of Arab Gulf League clubs operate under the old system followed in the amateur era.

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