Russian Club Denies Transfer Talks for Moroccan Defender Yahya Attiat-Allah

FK Sochi has not received any official offer from Zamalek of Egypt, assures Andrey Orlov, the sports director of the Russian club, in a statement to the press. According to Mohcine El Maâdi, the agent of the Moroccan player, the Egyptian club wants to acquire Attiat Allah’s services and has already started negotiations with FK Sotchi for a possible transfer this summer. According to him, the negotiations are going well and the former Wydad Casablanca player could soon sign for Zamalek. Still according to him, the Russian club has offered the player to the Egyptian clubs. "I think the agent said that because he is angry not to see the player transferred to Al Ahly of Egypt, he only thinks about money," Orlov gets annoyed.

Attiat-Allah has clearly expressed his intention not to extend his adventure with FK Sotchi, relegated to the Russian second division last season. In July, he left the club’s training camp in St. Petersburg without authorization, and refuses to communicate with the Sochi management. He also ignores their repeated summons to join the training sessions, thus provoking the displeasure of the Russian club’s sports director.