Former Ittihad president, Effat Al-Sadat has claimed from his former club the sum of 900 000 LE. Financial director, Ashraf Hashish said to filgoal.com that the club received a court notification asking them to refund Al-Sadat the money he loaned them during his presidency. Al-Sadat was named Ittihad president in 2004 before leaving the chair to Kamal Shalabi who was elected in November 2004 and is still in charge.