US Capital Union: Ezzi returns, Mashid leaves, and Abada moves away

Pivotal defender Imad El-Din Ezzi returned to USMA in an official capacity after the club’s management concluded a bilateral deal with his Russian counterpart, Makhachkala.

The two teams reached an agreement to transfer the young striker, Ziauddin Meshid, to represent the capital of the Republic of Dagestan, with the federation retaining 25 percent of the profits from his transfer to another team in the future.

Ezzi, who previously passed through the Al-Asmi team last season, signed after being loaned from Kazma Al-Kuwaiti. On a contract extending until June 2028.

The former local national team defender was crowned champion of the Algerian Cup last summer.

A cult deal gets complicated

The USMA administration, led by General Sports Director Saeed Alaik, succeeded in convincing its counterpart from Olympique Chlef to release its international defender, Ashraf Abada.

The Olympic decided to benefit from financial compensation for his release from the federation, six months before the end of his contract.

However, negotiations were delayed before the deal was announced in the last hours (January 31) of the winter Mercato. It affected the process of registering Obada in the international transfer platform for players TMS.

Al-Ekhbariya learned from one of its sources that the Olympic Club received an offer from one of the Libyan clubs (the Mercato continues), which prompted the administration to procrastinate before completing the administrative procedures.

The Federation’s General Secretariat expedited the registration of the new recruit, Imad al-Din Ezzi, to avoid wasting more time.

It should be noted that the FIFA guide, which explains the steps of the process of completing international transfers; It shows the impossibility of registering players in standard conditions.

The sports daily “Competition” specified the operation within 72 hours, which according to it was not respected by the federation’s administration after it tried to record it at 23:30.

On the other hand, journalist Samir Lamari criticized the administration’s silence regarding the issue, calling on it to take action after it committed an error in the player’s registration process.