Ramady Strikes Back: Ferreira’s Remarks Undercut Zamalek
1 December 2025
Ramady Strikes Back at Ferreira
Ayman El Ramady, the former Zamalek manager and now head coach of the Bank Al Ahly, launched a sharp attack on Yannick Ferreira, the foreign coach of the Whites, in response to Ferreira's recent media comments.
In a lengthy post on his Facebook page, Ramady described Ferreira's interview as lacking any respect for coaching ethics, insisting that Ferreira's remarks contained major misinformation and belittled Zamalek.
Glaring overstep
Ramady asserted that he has never judged or belittled any coach during his career, but Ferreira's remarks compelled him to speak out for the first time.
He declared to Ferreira that he had crossed a line, disrespecting a club with a history as big as two continents and showing little appreciation for the tradition of one of Egyptian football's giants.
He added that Ferreira's argument is weak and that he has diminished a grand, venerable team.
Misconceptions
Ramady sharply criticized Ferreira's tactical excuses, especially his claim that some opponents are too hard to analyze due to financial problems.
He asked whether Al Ahly's matches are only available on a program; their games are on YouTube, and you can analyze every detail without a subscription. Is not paying for an analytics service a barrier to analyzing the opponent as we approach 2026? Is that reasonable?
Revealing secrets
Regarding Ferreira's complaint to the club via FIFA, Ramady said that it is Ferreira's right to seek financial rights, but not like this. There are legitimate FIFA channels; but revealing everything from closed rooms is wrong and could attract FIFA scrutiny.
Ramady also shared a personal incident to underscore his point that a coach must be decisive and that Ferreira should accept difficult conditions.
He noted that, ethically, you don't come after your firing to complain that the stadium was bad, the locker room bad, or that there were no chairs. Where were you then?
He recalled a pre-final anecdote: during his leadership before the cup final, he stopped training, refused to enter the field, and sat on a chair until staff brought the equipment the next day.
