Diabate is on the cusp of Al-Ahly amid a race against time and Swedish blackmail
The transfer file of Ivorian striker Ibrahim Latif Diabaté to Al-Ahly club witnessed dramatic developments during the past days, after the negotiations took an unexpected turn that reopened the door of hope for the Red Castle, but with more complex and stressful conditions.
According to what was reported by the Africa Foot website, Diabate finally agreed, albeit with reservations, to renegotiate with Al-Ahly after a period of tension and stagnation, after the Cairo club increased its offer. Financially significantly.
The new offer raises the proposed annual salary to $1.5 million, which places the Ivorian striker among the highest-paid players within the team, and perhaps the most expensive in Al-Ahly’s modern history.
The journalist Saif Zaher had confirmed in his program on On Sport channel that a delegation from Al-Ahly traveled to Europe to sign a contract with a heavy-caliber striker, indicating that the agreement had been reached. To reach an agreement with Diabate on personal contract terms, at a time when the player’s agent informed his client of Al-Ahly’s seriousness and new intentions, which was met with clear appreciation from the player.
After long negotiations, the player set his final terms, giving Al-Ahly an additional period of one week to settle the deal, while emphasizing the need to speed up the negotiations with his Swedish club GS to avoid any new disruption.
However, Al-Ahly’s accounts collided with a surprising situation. From the Swedish club, which decided to raise the ceiling of its financial demands to three million dollars, justifying this by the presence of a similar offer from the Celtic Glasgow club.
Gais showed relative flexibility by proposing to pay the amount in two installments, the first worth one and a half million dollars upon signing the contract, with the second installment to be paid before the end of March, a formula that may facilitate negotiations but puts Al-Ahly under great financial and time pressure.
He is now paying the price for his hesitation at the beginning of the negotiations, Especially since the football administration had previously been studying the option of contracting with Jordanian international Yazan Al-Naimat, before his serious injury, which might threaten his participation in the next World Cup, forced it to quickly return to the Diabate option.
With the clear insistence of Danish coach Jes Torop, Al-Ahly finds itself in a real race against time to resolve one of the most sensitive summer transfer deals. The next few days may be decisive in determining the fate of the deal, in light of the conviction within the Red Castle that any delay An additional cost that could be costly for the Egyptian football giant.
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