Al-Ahed Club, the Lebanese football champion for the past season, succeeded in concluding the most important deal in the winter transfer market in terms of Lebanese players, as it reached an agreement with the Lebanese international professional player in Sweden, George Felix Melki, to join its ranks for three and a half years, following negotiations over two periods.
Colleague Hussein Hegazy “Alofs”, publisher of the “Maestro” website, stated that the player came with his brother Robert to Beirut following he received a call from the negotiators to come to sign the contract and join the national team’s exercises that were held before the friendly match once morest the Emirates (end of last year). During the negotiations, developments occurred that delayed reaching an agreement, due to a disagreement over the material clauses in the contract. In fact, the negotiations stopped for several days, before the heat returned to them with the New Year and with great momentum in the last two days, as most of the obstacles were overcome and understanding reached on the broad lines and the majority of the clauses. Approximately.
Georges Melki will come to Beirut early next week to sign the final contract for his official joining of the “Brigade of Stars” in the yellow team for three and a half years.
Al-Ahed included a Scottish striker with an unprecedented financial contract in Lebanon, as part of his quest for a ninth title in the league, and competition in the AFC Cup, which he won in 2019.
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On the other hand, Al-Nijmeh Club has removed the Senegalese player Abdullah Fal from his records with the Lebanese Football Association, without yet reaching an agreement with him to terminate his contract or make a settlement regarding him.
The step came in order to register the contracts of the three new foreign players: the Brazilians Matthews Santana and Giovinho and the Portuguese Vitor Hugo, to enable them to participate in the first match of the six-round tournament for the top teams once morest Al-Ahed team the day following tomorrow, Sunday.