Cairo - Arabstoday
Egyptian League champions’ Portuguese manager Manuel Jose claimed that he yet to announce the players who will be offloaded from his squad next season as he will hold a meeting with the football committee on Monday to discuss the matter. “I am depressed from Ahmed Hassan’s attitude, as I have yet to announce the leaving squad,” Jose was quoted as saying on Ahly channel. “Hassan is a professional player so in his performance in Maqassa game is ordinary,” he added. The 65-year-old tactician blamed Red Devils’ supporters who demanded to keep Ahmed Hassan in the squad next season, asking them to search for titles not personalities. Jose warned them to keep their noses out of in his work as he responsible enough to chose his squad. “No one can oblige me to add a player in my squad, I am responsible enough to choose it,” the tactician said. Ahly supporters lifted signs in the 2-2 draw with Maqassa on Sunday, asking the management to keep veteran midfielder Ahmed Hassan in the team’s line-up next season, before the 36-year-old star presents them his vest. Hassan has reportedly reached an agreement with Zamalek to sign a two-year contract at LE6 million during the transfer window. The Cairo based club snatched their seventh successive Egyptian premier League title with 61 points, five behinds arch rivals and runners-up Zamalek. From ahramonline .