Al Sadd Sports Club Head of Football Mohamed Ghanem Al Ali stressed the importance of the preparation period which the football team started few days ago, expressing his happiness for the team to be in full capacity especially with the joining of the international players on Saturday's training session.

Bu Ghanem continued his statement  "The preperation period is the actual measure for the team  and their preperation for the year ahead. Therefore the technical staff and players should benefit from both the physical and technical aspects for the new season."
He added: "The team consitiutes of the best citizen players in addition to the four professional players on top of which the Spanish legend Xavi Hernandez who is a huge asset to the team with his several experiences."

Commenting on the date on which Xavi will join the training sessions, he said: "Xavi will join the theam's training sessions during the external training camp in Austria from the 25th July to 9th of August."

Commenting on the renewing the contract of the defender Al Mahdi Ali, Al Ali said: "Al Mahdi is the son of Al Sadd Club who is considered one of the best Qatari defenders and there will no issues regarding renweing his contract."