Prince Nawaf bin Muhammad Al-Sharafi Al-Hilali, the former, confirmed that assigning Sami Al-Jaber to head Al-Hilal was a mistake, indicating that he is a distinguished player, and the club did not represent in its history a player who served like him, but he was forced to the task of the presidency, and thought that he was capable of it, before he retreated after 6 months and asks to be excused.
Speaking to the “Al-Muntasat” program on the Saudi Al-Ekhbariya channel, Prince Nawaf said: “Sami was forced to head Al-Hilal, and the presidency is not a team management. He accepted it and thought he was capable of it…why did he leave it after 6 months?” It was said that he was fired.. He did not say that he was the one who personally asked the advisor, Turki Al-Sheikh, to leave, and this is a certain thing.”
Regarding Al-Jaber’s dispute with Prince Nawaf bin Saad in the case of the 170 million, he explained: “The issue is as follows, Al-Ittihad and Al-Nasr clubs had debts of large amounts, and it was necessary to pay the other clubs the same amounts that will be paid to the two clubs, and Al-Hilal Club had to be in large amounts of debt. To pay him, and put those amounts from the date Sami received the presidency until the end of the season, which is the same amount of 170 million .. Those were not debts, the debts are calculated at the end of each year and not in the middle of the season.”
He added, “When Sami was on the television program, a message came to him asking about the amount of 170 million, and he did so when he said that there was a missing amount… and that was an accusation against Prince Nouf bin Saad.”
Al-Sharafi Al-Hilali indicated that Al-Hilali did not interfere in the dispute of Al-Jaber and Prince Nawaf, in the case of the 170 million, and said: “I am in the side of my condolences and my cousin, who was falsely accused, and if I had intervened at that time, things would have been worse .. I did not interfere in that issue and Ahmed God for that.”
On Al-Jaber’s technical leadership of Al Hilal’s first football team, during the 2014 season, he commented: “Sami is a great player, as well as administratively, and I believe that he is able to manage any club with his smart style and knowledge of the players, and I said it before and I repeat it now, Sami could have succeeded in training Al Hilal if The best choice for his assistants.
He added: “Al-Jaber’s case is like a distinguished chef, and every international chef chooses distinguished assistants to help him, and he keeps the final touches on him… Sami Tabakh did not choose his assistants well.”
And he added, “Sami, when he led Al Hilal, was a new coach, and therefore the senior assistants will not leave their jobs with senior coaches, to work with him, unless there is someone behind him with financial means able to pay them, which is what happened, Sami changed his assistants in his training Al Hilal 3 times.” .
Prince Nawaf bin Muhammad excluded Fahd bin Nafel, the current club president, from his list of the best historical heads of the capital club, justifying this by investing the existing stability in the club and completing the shortcomings. Until the three he chose, they made a change in the club.
And the former head of the Federation of Powers touched on the Portuguese Leonardo Jardim, coach of the first football team, Al Hilal, and said: “Jardim is the second best coach who led Al Hilal after Candinho, and I think that he is the most important in this period, because the next stage must change at the level of players, and the quality of the coach.” Who has the power to change.
Prince Nawaf touched on Al-Nasr’s participation in the Club World Cup in 2000, where he said: “At that time I was the head of the technical committee and competitions in the Saudi Football Association, and I speak as an official. The International Federation sent a request to the Asian Confederation and the Continental Confederations, to nominate their representatives in that tournament. Experimental”.
He added: “At that time, Al-Nasr was a champion of the Cup Winners’ Cup, and there was a Korean club that achieved the Asian Club Championship, and at the same time the Champions League Club Championship was being played, and when I read the letter, I found that it did not specify the team, and there was a desire from the sports leadership to participate in Al-Nasr in the forum. I took advantage of the loophole of not specifying a specific team or champion, so we chose to be the champion of the Super Championship, which was about two weeks later, and we agreed on that, and the victory went to that tournament that Brazil hosted.”
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