The contractual clash between Ahli forward Mohamed Gedo and Zamalek has ended peacefully, reports Ahmed Morsy After more than eight months of acrimony, the bitter dispute between Zamalek and Ahli forward Mohamed Nagi, better known as "Gedo", came to an end after the club accepted Gedo's public apology for not joining the squad despite an official contract signed between them. He in turn dropped a lawsuit against the club. Zamalek's board accepted the apology, withdrawing their complaint over the Egyptian FA's ruling against Gedo who was fined but escaped suspension. In turn, Gedo agreed not to proceed with a lawsuit filed against Zamalek who claimed he received an unspecified amount of money after signing him. Gedo took the case against Zamalek to the prosecutor general and nearly won after Zamalek board member Hazem Emam admitted that no money was paid to the forward. However, Gedo was forced to pay the LE2.2m fine imposed by the FA for signing a deal with Zamalek before extending his contract with former club Ittihad. Zamalek will be given LE1.2m by Gedo after they claimed they paid that amount to the player who will also have to pay an additional LE1m to the FA as a penalty for signing for two clubs at the same time. Former Zamalek official Hussein Abdel-Monem denied that the club had paid the 26-year-old forward a fee upon signing on fee, thus believing the player should not have been sanctioned. Earlier, an investigative committee in the FA had studied the case of Ahli's new forward star. Up to the end of last season, Gedo had been playing for Ittihad of Alexandria, after which he was supposed to go to Zamalek, the club he supposedly signed with in mid-season. But the FA claimed the deal with Zamalek was null, citing the contract that Gedo signed was not a contract in the legal sense but rather a non-binding statement of intent. Sensing an opening, Ahli, Zamalek's chief rival, signed Gedo for LE7 million while at the same time sending right-back Ahmed Ali and striker Hani El-Egeizi to Ittihad. Zamalek complained after the transfer, claiming they had proof the player was theirs and would present it during the investigation. Ahli marketing director Adli El-Qaeyi seemed to be in no doubt regarding the legality of Gedo's presence in Ahli's squad. El-Qaeyi said Ahli's legal situation was in the right, having been guaranteed by the FA about the correctness of signing him up. He said it was "not appropriate to say Gedo has been cleared, and then take action against him." Following Zamalek's complaint, the FA imposed a suspended ban on the Egypt forward. The Players' Affairs Committee suspended the player from playing locally until the investigation was complete. Gedo shot to prominence after finishing top scorer with five goals in the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations even though he played every single match as a substitute, coming into games mid-way in the second half. Following the after the end of the dispute, former Zamalek club president Mortada Mansour accused the Zamalek administration of fraud and wasting public money. "What has happened is forgery. It is indisputable," Mansour claimed, saying he would take the matter to the attorney general. "I am sure Zamalek secretly gave Gedo LE1.2 million in order to pay the amount back in public to the club, with the aim of maintaining Zamalek's image after the end of the crisis," Mansour said. While the Gedo saga seems to have ended, does the entrance of the controversial Mansour in the picture herald a new twist?
