The Egyptian Football Association announced on Saturday evening that it had ended Hossam Hassan’s mission and that of his technical and administrative staff, handing the national team’s technical leadership for the coming period to Ali Maher.
Basis for the decision
The Egyptian Football Association said the decision was based on a study of recent events and their negative impact on the positive image of the national team.
Ali Maher’s appointment
Maher is the current technical director of Ceramica Cleopatra. The Egyptian Football Association asked him to present his vision for assembling a backroom staff.
Derradji’s view
Hafid Derradji, an Algerian sports commentator, linked Hossam Hassan’s dismissal to a build-up of technical, media and personal crises and suggested that his clash with Mohamed Salah may have hastened his exit. Tension had been building between Hossam Hassan and Mohamed Salah over recent weeks, with their positions and statements increasingly at odds.
In a post on his official “X” account, Derradji wrote that Hossam Hassan himself “is the one who brought Hossam Hassan down”.
