Egyptian Football Association board member Hazem Emam first revealed the scenes of the failure of the contract with the Frenchman Herve Renard, the current coach of the Saudi Arabia national team, to train with the Pharaohs in 2018. .
Hazem Imam said in television statements on the Ontime Sports satellite channel, “I don’t know the reason to bring this up at this time, especially since the Egyptian national team currently has an outstanding coach.”
The Imam explained: “The conversation about signing a contract with Renard was in 2018, after the World Cup,” adding: “I did not have a session with Renard and did not contact him by phone. He wants to coach the Egyptian national team.” and this intermediary is not an agent of the French coach.
And he continued: “I presented the case to engineer Hani Abu Raida, president of the Football Association at the time, and he assured me that Renard’s contract with the Moroccan national team was still valid and we would not be able to conclude a contract with him while he was bound by a contract with the Moroccan national team. , in light of our strong relationship with officials in Morocco, so we did not enter into negotiations with him.”
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