Hossam Ghaly, the club’s board member, spoke in the presentation of our new coach, Ricardo Soares, on Friday at the club’s premises in Gezira.

In the press conference, Ghaly welcomed Soares at Al Ahly and spoke about the reasons to why the Portuguese head coach was offered the job. 

Here is what Ghaly had to say: 

“I would like to welcome everyone at Al Ahly. 

Ricardo Soares meets the standards required to be the coach of Al Ahly. The negotiations to bring him here was easy. It was obvious from the beginning that Ricardo Soares wants to be here at Al Ahly. 

He knows that he is coming to a big club and he is aware of the huge fan base and the responsibilities. 

Ricardo has big ambitions and he wants to achieve success here. 

He has our full support and we are sure that our fans will offer their support to the manager and his staff. 

The coaching staff will take charge from tomorrow's match against Petrojet.”