Haitham Shaaban: Saleh Jumaa may return to Al-Karkh in January
Haitham Shaaban, the coach of the Iraqi Al-Karkh team, revealed the possibility of contracting with Saleh Jumaa, during the winter transfer period, to return again to the Iraqi league in which he played at the end of last season.
Saleh Jumaa was a player in Iraqi Al-Karkh during the second half of last season, but he was subjected to a heavy penalty of suspension for a period of six months due to a crisis with the referee of the Al-Karkh and Najaf match on April 30, which resulted in his contract not being renewed. Due to the validity of the penalty until the new season. His physical and technical condition is good, because in January we want a ready player due to the short season and all the players reaching their highest levels.”
He added: “Saleh is a special player and he is training well now, but we will look at his condition. If he is 100% ready, we may join him in January. He is a player of great technical value and started with us the second half of last season in a distinguished manner, before the suspension that officially ended last month.” ;.
The Egyptian technical director went on to say: “I am happy with the reaction of the Iraqi and Egyptian streets and the praise for our journey with Al-Karkh in my third training experience abroad.” Egypt, and the noticeable development in Al-Karkh’s performance from last season, and this is due to the efforts of the technical staff and the response of the players, with the support of the Board of Directors headed by Mr. Karim Hammadi.
And he returned to say: “Happy.” By continuing the successful and distinguished experiences of Egyptian coaches in Iraq, such as Captain Muhammad Youssef, Captain Hossam Al-Badri, Captain Moamen Suleiman, and others, and my goal is to achieve the best possible results with Al-Karkh, and the praise of the fans and analysts always motivates me to provide the best. At all levels.”
He moved on to talk about Al-Ahly club and said: “Al-Ahly has a calm and distinguished coach and he has not lost his passion, because he did not talk about any internal problems. These… The way you know if the coach has lost his passion or not, and I see that the Swiss is still working with Al-Ahly with the same passion at the beginning of the season, so he will continue his successes with Al-Ahly with some distinctive reinforcements that help the team Development.”
He added: “I expect Al-Ahly to achieve distinguished results in the 2025 Club World Cup, because the big team has a strong and significant reaction after failure in a tournament, and this What happened to Al-Ahly after the Sun Downs quintet, even after the loss of Pachuca, it had a strong response by defeating CS Belouizdad With a hexagon.
The Egyptian coach concluded his speech by saying: “The Egyptian league is strong, and there is a noticeable improvement in the refereeing performance this season. We hope to develop it further, and our league lacks a large public presence. Most of the Iraqi League matches are attended by large audiences because most of the teams are popular and have a strong fan base. I hope that the fans will be present in full force in our Egyptian League.”
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