By Olawale Lamina
Egyptian star footballer Mohamed Salah, faces a legal row, after the New Cairo Court issued a ruling compelling him to appear before it in person in September to take the decisive oath in a case relating to a claim for legal fees.
The Civil chamber of the New Cairo Court of First Instance has set a hearing for 6 September 2026 for Salah to appear in person, in case number 7826 of 2025 full civil, brought by the lawyer Amr Farag Allah Morsi Abdel Tawab.
At the center of the case is the lawyer’s demand that Salah pay financial dues. According to him, the dues represents fees for legal, administrative and advisory work, plus court files, that he handled on the player’s behalf over the past years.
The court wants Salah to take the “decisive oath” over his denial that the lawyer carried out the legal and administrative work referred to in the statement of claim. His denial also extends to the existence of any sums or fees owed for that work.
Should Salah fail to appear to take the oath, or refuse to take it without legal justification, he may be considered as “having declined the oath”, with the resulting legal effects prescribed in this case.
The decisive oath is a legal means of proof directed by one party in a case to the other party to settle a specific disputed fact, whereby the party to whom the oath is directed is asked to swear that he is truthful in denying or proving the fact. If the party takes the oath, its legal effect follows in settling the fact concerned. If, however, he refuses to take it or fails to appear to take it without an excuse the court accepts, he may be considered as having declined it, with the resulting legal effects that may decisively affect the outcome of the dispute.
The timing could hardly be trickier for Salah. The 6 September hearing lands just as the player prepares to begin his official journey with Trabzonspor in the Turkish league.
Salah was scheduled to play his first match in the competition on 15 August against Kasimpasa, while Trabzonspor are set to face Genclerbirligi on the very day set for the court hearing.
He must now deal with the court’s ruling on his personal attendance at the exact moment he is beginning a new chapter of his professional career with Trabzonspor.
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