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Al-Ittihad weighs January move for Al Ahly's Emam Ashour
November 3, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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Saudi press reports say Al-Ittihad has reopened Emam Ashour's file and is studying a January offer to Al Ahly.
- Saudi newspaper Al-Wiam reported that Al-Ittihad is studying all details of the Ashour deal before deciding whether to submit a formal offer in January.
- Ashour signed a contract extension with Al Ahly until summer 2030 after his summer move to Al-Ittihad never reached formal negotiations.
- Al Ahly announced that Ashour's exclusion from recent matches was for technical reasons and that he trains normally without injury.
- Al-Ittihad's foreign-player quota is full at eight slots, so any January move for Ashour would require releasing a player, likely injured Colombian Richard Rios.
- A source close to Emam Ashour told Masrawy he denies any plan to leave Al Ahly in January and will ask Wael Gomaa to mediate with the coach.



