Athletes attributed the reason to reducing budgets, and they assert:

Foreigners' deals in professional clubs are devoid of big names

Al-Ain strengthened its ranks with some contracts, but it preserved the most prominent elements with which it won the league title.

From the source

Athletes and players’ agents considered that the deals of the ADNOC Professional League clubs during the summer transfers that started since last month, and will continue until next October, are generally devoid of big and well-known names so far.

They pointed out that "there are several reasons behind the clubs' reluctance to sign foreign players of high caliber, including reducing the budgets allocated to the clubs, in addition to the fact that there are clubs that began reviewing their accounts in the issue of financial spending on player contracts, and that their budgets for contracts are now distributed among five players. and residents.”

They added to "Emirates Al-Youm": "Although there are clubs that have attracted good foreign players, including former Barcelona striker Paco Alcacer, who joined the club from Spanish club Villarreal, the clubs' financial budgets are now controlling the deals of foreign players. ».

Heavy caliber deals

The former head of the Players Status and Transfers Committee in the Football Association, Dr. Salim Al Shamsi, confirmed that he does not see so far, through the deals made by the clubs, that there are star players who can enrich the UAE League competition and attract the attention of the international media.

The former international player and player agent Munther Ali believes that from his point of view, large-caliber deals require large budgets, stressing that clubs cannot currently conclude deals of high caliber, as was the case in the past, except in rare cases and within narrow limits.

Munther considered that the reduction of budgets and the reduction of players' salaries was caused by the accumulation of debts on most clubs, in addition to the fact that poor exchange rates in previous periods by some clubs led to all of these matters.

He stressed that the success or failure of deals, whether they were few or big financially, determines their outcome on the field and on the ground.

Financial Expenditure Review

For his part, the players' agent Khaled Al-Zarouni said that club deals from foreign players were devoid of big names, as these names need big money.

He said that the clubs began to review themselves in the issue of financial spending, considering that the clubs' funds allocated to contracts for foreign players are now distributed among the five foreigners and among the resident players.

He added, "There has become accuracy in the process of selecting foreign players, and clubs have not entered into player deals in large amounts, unlike what was happening in the past, as clubs pay large sums of money randomly."

Al-Zarouni pointed out that many names of foreign players were on the market for players' transfers, but the clubs did not sign them.

As for the Sharjah club's contract with the former Barcelona striker, Paco Alcacer, from Villarreal, he confirmed that Sharjah was not in a hurry in his choices of foreigners, but the club saw that Alcacer was the best option for him, so he contracted with him.

He stressed that there is confidence in the choices of the president of the Sharjah Football Company, Abdullah Al-Ajla, and the coach of the Romanian team Cosmin, according to the team's needs.

Al-Zarouni pointed out that although there are clubs that have made major changes in the ranks of their foreign players, such as Al-Wasl, on the other hand, there are clubs such as Al-Ain that do not need a major change in their foreign players.

• The spending of professional clubs on foreigners also includes resident players, which increased the volume of spending and affected the quality of deals.

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