CAIRO: Ismaili board member Khaled Farw hopes defender Ibrahim Saied will stay at the club, he said. Saied has been absent from the club s training sessions for a while now, and the former Ahly and Zamalek player stressed that he s looking for a move away from the Dervishes. However, Farw confirmed that he will do his best to convince the 30-year-old to change his mind and rejoin his Ismaili teammates. I m doing all my best to help resolve the ongoing conflict between Saied and the board of the club, Farw told FilGoal.com. The club needs his efforts, and his presence will be a massive support for us. The whole Saied saga started when the board decided to deduct $200,000 from the player s financial dues, which are the sum Ismaili paid to acquire the player in the summer. As a result, the player abandoned the team s training without a written excuse and refused to be subjected to questioning before rejoining the club. In the meantime, Farw added that the club is on the verge of offering midfielder Mohamed Hommos a new deal. Hommos has always been very reasonable with his demands, and we ll be more than glad to keep him with us.
