Al Shamsi: Clubs bearing this large amount of money are evidence of their lack of confidence in local arbitration

The cost of the Emirati arbitration team is 20 thousand dirhams, compared to 170 thousand for the foreigner

• Turkish arbitration, led by Cüneyt Shakir, managed the match between Al-Ahly youth and Al-Jazira in the seventh round.

  Photography: Osama Abu Ghanem

• Salim Al Shamsi: “The club that has financial capabilities is the one who can bring the foreign whistle.”

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“Emirates Today” blamed that the cost of the Emirati local arbitration team, for one match in the professional football league, is 20 thousand and 500 dirhams, while the Football Association had officially announced that the cost of the foreign arbitration team for one match in the league or cup is 170 thousand dirhams, that is, the difference is 149 thousand and 500 dirhams.

For his part, a member of the Board of Directors of the former Football Association, Dr. Salim Al Shamsi, confirmed that the use of foreign rule by some clubs despite its high financial cost is evidence of the dissatisfaction of these clubs, and their lack of confidence in the local government, so these clubs are forced to pay this high cost, in exchange for not losing them. The results of their matches due to refereeing errors.

In detail, the referee of the local arena receives per match in the UAE league the amount of 5000 dirhams, while the two assistant referees receive 4000 dirhams each, and the fourth referee gets 2500 dirhams, while the two referees of the video technology “mouse” receive 2500 dirhams each, for a total of 20500 dirhams.

As for the foreign arbitration crew, they receive 170,000 dirhams, distributed among only three referees, the court referee and the two assistants, and it includes their wages and expenses for attracting them from travel tickets, hotel accommodation, etc., and the amount of the video referees and the fourth referee is added.

Salim Al Shamsi told "Emirates Today": "The high financial cost of the foreign rule showed that the club that has financial capabilities is the one who can bring the foreign whistle, while the clubs that do not have the financial ability to bear it."

Al Shamsi pointed out that through the appearance of the foreign referee so far in two matches in the UAE league, namely the Al-Ahly youth match with Al-Jazira in the seventh round, and Sharjah with Al-Wehda in the ninth round, there is a state of satisfaction and satisfaction with the foreign arbitration.

Al Shamsi stressed that despite the conditions for bringing a foreign referee into the local league, there are clubs that are willing to bear the cost, because they spend large sums of money on their players and coaches, and do not want to lose all these efforts, and this spending is through arbitration errors.

It is noteworthy that the foreign referee appeared for the first time in the league this season through the match between Al-Ahly and Al-Jazira youth, within the seventh round led by a refereeing team led by the Turkish referee Cüneyt Şakir, while the match between Sharjah and Al-Wehda in the ninth round was led by a German referee team led by international referee Tobias Steller.

Al Shamsi continued: “Through the appearance of the foreign whistle so far in two matches, you notice that there are no objections or complaints, whether by the players, coaches or administrators of the clubs concerned. or not".

The Football Association has set several conditions for clubs to attract foreign arbitration teams in the UAE League, including that the club requesting foreign arbitration bears the financial cost of 170,000 dirhams, provided that the club submits its request at least 21 days before the date of the match, and is committed to paying the fees and sending The amount is a maximum of three working days from the date of submitting the application.

The Football Association has specified for each club the use of a foreign referee in a maximum of two matches, in the President’s Cup or the League competitions.

Al Shamsi indicated that he supports the continuation of the experience of using foreign referees in the UAE league, but it is not at such a high financial cost, given that there are clubs that cannot afford this cost.

Al Shamsi considered that the German referee, Tobias Stiller, appeared with a strong personality during his leadership of the match between Sharjah and Al Wahda, considering that the referee needs to show a strong personality due to the importance of this, noting that the referee in the event of losing his personality, everyone will object to his arbitration decisions.

• A state of contentment and satisfaction prevailed in the sports community after the return of foreign arbitration.

• The club that requests a foreign team submits an application 21 days before the match date.

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