Potential Cap on Egyptian Soccer Salaries Face Mounting Opposition

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Published: February 24, 2011

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Opposition to an Egyptian Football Association (EFA) proposal to cap transfer pricing and players’ salaries constitutes a shot across the bow of mounting pressure to radically reform Egyptian soccer.

Ibrahim Hassan, an outspoken board member of Al Zamalek SC, one of the most storied and crowned clubs in the Egyptian Premier League, and Amr Zaki, a striker for the club, have publicly rejected the proposal announced by the EFA on Sunday after a meeting with representatives of the country’s top clubs.

“I totally reject this option. Controlling wages and contracts has no place in the world of professional football,” Zaki told Egyptian soccer website FilGoal.com.

Hassan echoed Zaki’s position, arguing that “since players vary in their standards, it is logic that wages are also variable. It is a supply-and-demand situation… Every player is worth what he deserves.”

The EFA effort to cap transfer pricing and salaries in a bid to stymie spiralling demands by players constitutes a first step towards austerity in Egyptian soccer. This effort is  prompted by the economic fallout of mass protests that earlier this month ended the 30-year rule of President Hosni Mubarak and pressure from FIFA, soccer’s world body.

The proposal was welcomed almost within hours of Sunday’s meeting by Nasr Aboul-Hassan, chairman of Ismailia SC, who suggested that all Premier League clubs should introduce a fixed budget for players’ salaries.

“Things cannot be the same in football after the revolution. There must be a limit for the millions spent on footballers by club boards. I suggest that each club should pay a maximum of EGP 20million ($3.4 million) per season on players’ wages,” Aboul-Hassan said.

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