The series continues, this time with Hany Said. The former Arab star of Serie A was unable to do much this year.

Phase I: Signs for the Serie C's Viola, who rise to B:

Hany Said signed for Viola, or Fiorentina as they are known. The former Serie A side were in Serie C when Hany signed, but still had their crowd and their star Di Livio. Soon, a miracle occurred, and Viola were a step closer to Serie A, as they were promoted by the Italian Football Committee to Serie B. Hany seemed extremely happy at the club, and started almost all their first games.

Phase II: Little action:

In October, Hany started becoming a substitute, and was not involved for many games with the side. By December, it was clear he was out of the manager's plans. Meanwhile, the club were not doing well, and stood around the 14th spot in the table.

Phase III: Transfer chaos and confusion:

Hany Said seemed to sign for different clubs as far as other sources stated. Serie A team Perugia appeared to sign him in an exchange, but still the transfer wasn't confirmed. It was then said that he was a Catania player, a club that saw mid-table Serie B action. This was confirmed by the man in charge of the two clubs, Perugia and Catania.

It took around two more weeks for the story to completely change. Ankaragucu was apparently his destination. It was even announced by the Fiorentina manager, but for an unknown reason, it did not take place!

Phase IV: Poor ACN:

The Egyptian was played by Mohsen Saleh at centre back, and failed to impress. A win against Zimbabwe saw him in the defense with El Saka, El Sayed and Beshir. The best we saw of him was celebrating with Tamer (pictured)!

Against the North African rivals, he played badly, letting the opposition win in the all important encounter which theoretically saw him and the national team go home.

Phase V: Hany clarifies to EP:

Finally, the real story was shown. It came out of Hany's mouth, and he stated that he was still (in March), a Viola player. He confirmed interest from around Europe, but nothing had been decided yet.

At the end of the season, Hany Said stated to EP a number of things. He said that he has offers from now Serie B side Como and from Altay of Turkey's lower division. He added to the fans, "You have to know that this season I 'didn't do anything'. Even for Fiorentina, I almost didn't play at all. I am not getting along with the manager. They also lent me to a Serie C side here." So, a new fact was found out here, regarding his loan.

The Review ends with his words which we all wish to come true, "But InshaAllah it will be good and high season next time..."

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