Egyptian journalist Ahmed Shobir revealed the truth about Al Ahly's interest in contracting Turkish Abdullah Avci and Portuguese Bruno Lage to lead the team in the upcoming period.

Reports had indicated that Avci and Lage, coaches of Trabzonspor and Benfica respectively, were among the coaching options available to Al Ahly's management to succeed Spanish coach Jose Ribeiro.

It is noteworthy that Al Ahly is linked to several coaching names at this time following Ribeiro's departure due to poor performance and results.

According to Shobir, a responsible source denied entering into negotiations with either Abdullah Avci or Bruno Lage.

Additionally, according to Shobir, the same source denied any consideration for hiring coaches from Turkey at this time, thus there is no truth to the rumors about negotiations with Avci.