Al Ahly Bank’s sporting director Karim Hassan Shehata revealed that the team’s new goalkeeper Mohamed Abu Jabal would be paid less than his competitor, Zamalek player Mohamed Awad, explaining that there was financial control in terms of wages and transaction prices.

Shehata said: “The entry of the Pyramids into the transfer market has driven up the price of league players and Al Ahly Bank is not negotiating any deal that has a financial return of more than £10m. policy of the board of directors.

He continued: “The average salary of players in a team ranges from one million to £3 million and we have a certain salary cap and the talk that Abu Jabal got the highest contract for a goalkeeper in Egypt is completely wrong.”

And he concluded: “Mohamed Abu Jabal receives a lower salary than Mohamed Awad, the current goalkeeper of Zamalek.

He concluded his statements by explaining the Abu Jabal crisis with the head of the National Bank during the negotiations: “Indeed, there were differences between Muhammad Abu Jabal and Ashraf Nassar during the period of negotiations between the two parties, but not in the form that was portrayed by social networking sites. and the media.”

And he added: “These disagreements naturally arise in all clubs about some small details during negotiations.”

He added: “Abu Jabal terminated the contract with the administration of the National Bank before the signing session, and the administration loves a player who does not pay attention to simple details during negotiations.”