Well, he has been reported to be joining the club, I think the coach of the side, may have seen him playing in Lebanon, which is why he wanted, because he was also wanted by Kaisarslautern 2 years ago as their coach saw him play in Lebanon.
He is a top player capable of playing in defensive and attacking midfield and is great with the ball at his feet.
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AEK Athens are negotiating with the iraqi player Abu Al-Hail
The player's contract with the Emirate team ends at the end of the present season.
- Greek club AEK Athens have began negotiations with the middle star in the middle of the iraqi national team and Al-Shaab of Emirate. Abdul Wahhab Abu Al-Hail will hopefully be in agreement with the club in coming season, according to what has been mentioned in the Emirate newspaper "Al-Ettihad"on Thursday.
An official source clarified that a representative of the Greek club will leave for Iraq this following Tuesday to the subject meetings with the Iraqi FA to accept the signing and the negotiations with the player, whos contract with the Emirate club Al-Shaab ends at the end of the present season.
Abu Al-Hail confirmed the existence of these new contacts with the officials of the Greek club after he signing a professional contract with Al-Shaab but the deal was not completed as he was playing for Iraq in the 2002 World Cup qualifiers at the time.
Abu Al-Hail adds "I am a professional football player and the representative of AEK Athens agreed to my conditions on the transfer to the team and it did not depend on my abilities, if they agreed on my move to the team.
Al-Shaab occupied the 3rd position behind champions Al-Ain and Al-Jazira on 37 points from 22 matches.
