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UAE Football Association says player cannot terminate contract
The UAE Football Association has refused to cancel the contract of Sharjah club midfielder Tariq Ahmad.
- By Sayed Ali, Senior Reporter
- Published: 23:25 August 4, 2008
- Tariq Ahmad (left) had asked the UAE Football Association to cancel his contract with Sharjah club but the governing body would not agree. However the club were ordered to pay Ahmad the money it owed him.
- Image Credit: Gulf News archive
Dubai: The UAE Football Association has refused to cancel the contract of Sharjah club midfielder Tariq Ahmad.
At an association board meeting, chaired by UAE FA President Mohammad Khalfan Al Rumaithi, the player was told his request would not be granted.
The board said he should seek an amicable solution with the club over the problems between them.
Sharjah club were ordered to pay the player all the money it owed him according to the contract which had been agreed between the two parties.
However the UAE governing body did agree to cancel goalkeeper Ali Hasan Al Amir's contract with Al Wasl.
The decision was made after the board agree the club did not comply with the terms of the contract by asking him to play with the reserve team.
This was not stipulated in the contract.
Two clubs
Al Wasl were allowed to sign player Mohammad Jamal Farhan after it was discovered he signed another club as well.
He agreed a deal with Al Wasl club on April 20 this year then signed for Al Jazira club six days later.
The player admitted agreeing deals with both clubs. The board fined him Dh50,000 for signing for two clubs at the same time.
It was also agreed to appoint retired Al Ain and UAE player Fahd Ali as administrator for the senior national team.
The board decided to impose sanctions against clubs that do not agree to pay fees when they sign with players from other clubs.
The Fifa and UAE FA regulations state a payment must go to the club that had the player before he signed for a new club.
The board discussed going to the Soccerex exhibition in South Africa from November 23 to 26 and the Middle East Sportex exhibition in Dubai, from November 3 to 5.
The board approved the referees' commissioners as follows: Jasim Al Doukhy, Fareed Abdul Rahman, Ali Surour, Shahin Ahmad, Ebrahim Lamash, Younis Hasan, Hussain Abdul Rahim, Ahmad Rashid, Naser Abdullah, Mussalam Ahmad, Badr Al Badri, Ali Makhlouf and Ahmad Yaqoub.
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