Mortada Mansour, chairman of the Zamalek Club, said that he received a phone call on Wednesday from President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to check on him after the assassination attempt on his life earlier this week.
“Sisi told me that he supports me in the fight against terrorism,” Mansour said.
Mansour asked Sisi to hold an urgent meeting with the Clubs Committee which the latter agreed to do in 48 hours in order to discuss how to prepare youth who are conscious of the affairs of the nation.
He added that he and the Zamalek Club board issued a statement to greet and thank Sisi.
Mansour was subjected to an assassination attempt allegedly by the Ultras White Nights group. He had in an earlier statement criticized Sisi for not calling him right after the attempt, while Mubarak, whom he did not know personally, called him after he was involved in a car accident.
“All news agencies, the Interior Minister and the Prime Minister called me,” he said
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
