The UAE Football Association reveals the truth about negotiating with Mahdi Ali to coach the national team
The Second Vice-President of the Emirates Football Association, Chairman of the National Teams and Technical Affairs Committee, Youssef Hussein Al-Sahlawi, revealed that the current coach of Al-Ahly youth and the former national team, Mahdi Ali, was among the candidates to take over the coaching team, succeeding the former Serbian coach Jovanovic, before the union contracted with the current Dutch coach Marvik.
Al-Sahlawi's talk came after more than a year of this topic.
Al-Sahlawi said in an interview with Abu Dhabi Sports Channel, in response to a question about whether Marvik's selection was based on the desire of the National Teams Committee, "The committees make a recommendation, but the decision is with the board of directors. The committee's options included Mahdi Ali, Cosmin and Van Marwijk."
Al-Sahlawi revealed that the dismissal of Van Marwijk before was not technical.
It is noteworthy that "Emirates Today" had indicated at the time that the current coach of Al-Ahly youth and the former national team, Mahdi Ali, is closely related to coaching the team, succeeding the former coach of the Serbian national team, Jovanovic, after he became the most appropriate option before the National Teams and Technical Affairs Committee in the Football Association, and that the National Teams Committee continued Already with Mahdi Ali to find out the possibility of his return to coach the national team again, and Mahdi then expressed his agreement to take over the coaching of the national team, but Marvik was contracted.
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