Al-Ittihad Makes Difficult Decision Amidst Registration Crisis
Introduction
Press reports revealed, on Friday morning, that the club’s board of directors had reached a conclusion regarding the problem of registering foreign players. The federation’s administration, headed by Anmar Al-Haili, reached a final solution, which was to abandon the foreign star, “Jota,” due to the number of foreign players exceeding the permissible limit.
The same reports added that the Jeddah Federation intends to get rid of its Portuguese player Joao Felipe “Jota” on loan, in order to register Italian defender Luis Felipe. Sports analysts indicate that this solution is the most appropriate at the present time.
To Solve the Registration Crisis… Al-Ittihad Abandons its “Foreign” Star
According to journalist Ahmed Al-Ajlan, during his statements on the “In the Week” program on MBC satellite channel, “Al-Ittihad Club will exclude Jota from the team’s list in the Roshan Saudi League. However, he will be available in the AFC Champions League and the Club World Cup.”
The club currently has 10 foreign players in its ranks, namely the Brazilian quartet Marcelo Grohe, Fabinho, Igor Cornado, and Romarinho, the Italian Luiz Filippi, the Egyptian Ahmed Hegazy, the French duo Karim Benzema and N’Golo Kante, the Portuguese Jota, and the Moroccan Abdel Razzaq Hamdallah.
It is noteworthy that the Turkish club Fenerbahce has expressed interest in contracting with Jota, the Al-Ittihad player, whom Al-Ameed bought from the Scottish club Celtic for 29 million euros in the summer Mercato.
