They demanded that the facts of what happened in the "Gulf 25" be revealed as a first step to correct the path of the national team

Athletes: Financial support for clubs goes into the pocket of the "foreign and resident" player

National team player Hareb Abdullah tries to pass Bahraini player Majed Hussain during his first match in the "Gulf 25".

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Sports experts demanded the importance of the Emirates Football Association expedite revealing the truth about what happened to the national team, during its recent participation in the "Gulf 25" championship, which is currently being held in the Iraqi city of Basra, and to clarify all matters to the sports street about the circumstances of the participation of "Al-Abyad", which is considered the weakest. In its history, considering that the transparency of the Football Association and facing the sports street is the first step in the path of correction, stressing that the participation of “Al-Abyad” in the current version of the tournament is the worst in the history of its participation in the Arabian Gulf Cup, after it ranked last in the second group standings with a score One point, noting that this weak participation comes at a time when the UAE league is classified as one of the most expensive leagues in Asia, while some of them indicated that financial support for clubs goes into the pocket of foreign and resident players.

The athletes interacted with the speech of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, the day before yesterday, during the “Direct Line” program on the “Sharjah Sports” channel, where His Highness said: “He feels as if the citizen player is a warrior, through Increasing the number of foreign players in the UAE league, and that the national team reached the World Cup 90 without foreign players, and this is a strategy that the Football Association must adopt. He happened with the national team in the "Gulf 25".

According to a decision issued by the Professional League, the number of foreign players allowed to be registered in the Professional League has been increased from four to five foreign players this season, meaning that the 14 clubs include about 70 foreign players, in addition to five players in the resident category for each club.

As for the two categories of resident and state-born players, the name was changed to the players qualified to represent the national teams, and the players registered in this category were modified to five players.

With regard to the participation of these players, it is allowed to register eight players from the categories of foreign players and players qualified to represent the teams in the match list, with the participation of a maximum of six players from these categories on the field.

Ali Hameed:

• "The support that clubs receive is not put in the right place."

Issa Al-Dhabahi:

• "The Professional League and the Football Association must reconsider the resident category."

Salem Hadid:

• "The talk of the Ruler of Sharjah is a clear message to decision-makers in clubs and the Football Association."

Al-Dhabahi: The player must be recruited

“Actually resident,” the former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ittihad Kalba Club, Issa Al-Dhabahi, called for the necessity for the concerned authorities to apply the hadith of His Highness Sheikh Dr. The Gulf Cup in Basra, as well as the speech of His Highness that the citizen player is a fighter, by increasing the number of foreign players in the league.

Al-Dabbahi stressed the need to focus on the citizen player, because the national team reached the World Cup finals with national players, and added: “The responsible authorities in the Professional League and the Football Association must reconsider the issue of the resident player, so that the player who actually resides in the UAE is attracted, and that the same is done.” Reducing the number of foreign players.

Hadid: Clubs with large numbers of residents

In turn, the former international player and legal advisor, Salem Hadid, stressed that everyone is now calling on the Football Association to reveal the full facts regarding the team's participation in the Gulf Cup, considering that the problem is not in the coach alone, but rather in some administrative decisions and regulations.

Hadid said: “The speech of His Highness, the Ruler of Sharjah, regarding the increase in the number of foreign players in the league at the expense of the citizen player, as well as what happened to the national team in the Gulf Cup, is a clear message to decision makers in clubs and the Football Association.” He added: “The increase in the number of foreign players, as well as Residents at the expense of the citizen, it is considered a gradual destruction of the game and the citizen players, because the competition was prepared for them.

Hadid indicated that there are clubs in the ADNOC Professional League that include large numbers of players in the resident category, pointing out that the resident player is present even in the Sunni stages, so how does the citizen player take his chance?

Stressing that the results of the league have become clear, through the recent negative results of the teams of the Sunni stages, as well as the first team.

Ali Hameed: The hadeeth of putting points on the letters

The media and sports commentator, Ali Hamid, said, "His Highness, the Ruler of Sharjah, presented through his statements a clear strategy, centered on the citizen, whether at the level of players or coaches, or at the level of people who plan for Emirates sport," indicating that His Highness put through his speech Points on the letters, and Hamid added: "Indeed, the national team reached the 90 World Cup finals with its national players, and the national players also created a wonderful football reputation for the Emirates."

And he continued, “His Highness’s speech is a strategy that the Football Association must adopt in the coming days, because His Highness’s statement to ask officials in the Football Association to clarify what happened with the national team is the first step in correction, and the General Assembly of the Football Association must intervene strongly to restore matters to normal.” .

Hamid continued: «Thank you for the 25th Gulf Cup, which was the reason for raising this issue, so the Football Association must explain to the sports street the truth of what happened in the national team, given that there are mistakes that the Football Association bears, not the coach, and all players bear these mistakes, and we hold The clubs have the largest part regarding the decision to increase the number of foreign players, because the clubs have become interested in the foreign player at the expense of the citizen player, although these clubs were established for the citizen and sponsor them, but the support that the clubs receive is not put in its proper place and goes into the pockets of foreign players and residents ».

Hamid pointed out that the national team's participation in the "Gulf 25" is the worst in the history of its participation in the Gulf Cup.

Regarding why the Football Association did not reveal the truth about what happened to the national team in the Gulf Cup, Hamid stressed that "this question should be directed to the Football Association," stressing that the Football Association must reveal the facts to the sports street.

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