The ballot boxes confuse the preparations of the Saudi League clubs
While football fans from inside and outside the Kingdom are awaiting the launch of the strongest Saudi League version in history, with the participation of 18 clubs and elite international stars, clubs active in this league are still living in the atmosphere of elections and fierce competition for the presidency.
While the electoral process will take place before the end of this month, amid confusion on the preparatory side in some clubs that have not completed much of their work, the CEOs will handle the process of managing the scene according to the clubs list; Where the CEO is authorized to sign contracts or complete contracts with new players or technical staff during the current period in which the term of the boards of directors of previous clubs ended and their electoral process began.
Al-Shabab are leading these clubs, and next to it are Al-Raed, Al-Itifaq, Al-Fateh, Al-Wahda, Al-Fayhaa and Al-Akhdood, the newly promoted club of the Saudi Professional League.
Private sources revealed to Asharq Al-Awsat that club presidents and potential competitors for the presidency are dissatisfied with the timetable set by the election committee in the Ministry of Sports, as the timing was not appropriate and it should have been held during the first week of June. It followed the end of last season, according to the presidents of these clubs. The committee concerned with the sports club elections did not succeed in setting the timetable, especially since it knew when the last season, which closed its curtain on May 31, would end, but the committee was very late in drawing up the calendar so that confusion is the general scene present in the 14 clubs. .
According to the schedule announced by the clubs for the electoral program, the end of the election period and the announcement of the victory of the new candidate, or even the recommendation of one of the names in the absence of a competitor, will be at the end of the current month, provided that the list is approved in early August, that is, days before the start of the league. few.
The Competitions Committee of the Saudi Professional League announced the launch of the next edition of the league on August 11th. The first round runs from Friday until Monday 14th of the same month.
Misty atmosphere in youth
The scene appears blurry in the youth club in light of the intense electoral competition between Nasser Al-Kanaani and Khaled Al-Thunayan, at a time when the most acceptable candidate among the youth masses, Muhammad Al-Munajim, was excluded, as the latter filed appeals against the decision to exclude him and awaits the announcement of the final list of candidates.
The list of candidate Muhammad Al-Munajim was excluded from the race for presidency and membership of the Board of Directors of the Youth Club, according to the fourth paragraph of Article 27, after the exclusion of the candidate Al-Munajim according to the first paragraph of the same article.
The youth are currently holding a preparatory camp in Austria, but without contracting with a new technical staff, as the Argentine team is led by Juan Brown on a temporary basis after he was contracted to lead the youth class team before the task was assigned to him until the completion of the contract with a new technical staff.
Al-Shabab hopes to find a president to replace the departure of Al-Baltan (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Al-Shabab announced a single deal to contract with the Colombian Gustavo Cuellar, the former midfielder in the ranks of the Al-Hilal team, at a time when Al-Laith Al-Asmi did not reveal any movements for contracts on the local or foreign side.
Accidental balance
In the agreement, things are going better than others, in light of the continuous administrative work that the CEO, Moaz Al-Ohali, is doing during the current period. Where the team completed its contract with English legend Steven Gerrard as coach of the team, which is currently holding a preparatory camp in Croatia.
The competition is raging in the Eastern Club between 3 lists, one of which was excluded, which is the list of the candidate Adnan Al-Muaibed, who filed appeals against the decision to exclude him and awaits the scene, at the time when the candidate Samer Al-Mishal appeared for the competition and his list, which will be closest to winning according to the votes possessed by the list compared to the candidate Saeed Al Qbous. .
Consensus recommendation in the conquest
Al-Fateh club is experiencing remarkable stability more than others after reaching a consensual candidate to head the board of directors of the model club, as Mansour Al-Afaleq will be recommended as president of the club after he alone applied for candidacy for the presidency and membership of the club’s board of directors.
Al-Fateh continues its preparations in Austria for the new season and finished many files, the most prominent of which is the coach’s file, as it succeeded in contracting with Croatian Slaven Bilic, who has previous experience in the Saudi League through the Al-Ittihad team portal.
Stabbing in Fayhaa
As for Al-Fayhaa Club, its next general assembly may turn to acclamation in the event that the appeals submitted by the candidate, Muhammad Al-Dahash, are not accepted, after his exclusion from the presidential race in accordance with Article 27 of the basic club regulations, after the decision to exclude the president according to Article 12, so that the entire list is excluded.
Tawfiq Al-Mudaihim will be the president of Al-Fayhaa Club by acclamation in the event that the appeals submitted by Al-Dahsh are not accepted. Where Al-Fayhaa is preparing for a different season that will witness the team’s historic participation in the AFC Champions League, after its success in achieving the King’s Cup title two seasons ago.
A hot “pioneer” summer
As for Al-Raed Club, which is witnessing a hot summer in terms of its elections, at a time when Fahd Al-Mutawa continued his desire to continue working as president of the club, and submitted his candidacy file to Abdel Salam Al-Qafari, who enjoys great support, but that will not be enough to win the election race that is governed by the number of votes.
In Al Wahda Club, the race is raging between a number of candidates for the presidency of the club, led by Sultan Azhar, the current president, while Alia Milbari entered the race, in addition to Bassam Gholman and the candidate Hussein Koshak and Khaled Al-Lihyani. ; Where the club elections process continues until the fifth of next August.
List pending in the groove
As for the newly promoted Al-Okhdood Club in the Saudi Professional League, its situation appears similar to that of Al-Wahda Club, as the list of candidates for the club’s presidency will be revealed on Thursday, provided that the final announcement will be made on the fifth of August, and the team is currently holding a preparatory camp in Egypt. In preparation for the first participation in the Saudi Professional League.
2023-07-19 22:45:00
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