Mahmoud Ezzat

Central Defender - Police Union
18 Dec 2026
Friday
Process

Marked for Mahmoud Ezzat

19 Edition

The Police Union Courier

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Alexander Jakobsen pops up at the right end — 7.66

7.66, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.

Squad

A falling-out at Police Union

Saleh Nasr and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Words at Police Union training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Basem Ali is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Ahmed Yasser

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

Police Union get the job done against Military Production

A 1‑0 win over Military Production, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Market

Talks stall between Police Union and Mohamed Raafat

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

The dugout

Ahmed Yasser is still paying for one afternoon at Police Union

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

The dugout

Steve Hoffman dropped after a run of poor form

The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.

The dugout

Trezeguet Tarek: “That is the standard”

“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 1‑0, already talking about the next one.

In brief

Back issues
17 Edition

The Police Union Courier

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Police Union through in the cup

A 1‑0 win over Zamalek, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Squad

Mokhtar Ferrahi keeps Police Union in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad

Tempers go at Police Union

Saleh Nasr was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

The dugout

Mahmoud Ezzat gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match

Police Union come up short against Wadi Degla

Wadi Degla left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout

Trezeguet Tarek faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Trezeguet Tarek after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

Player ratings

Mahmoud Wahid takes the honours

Marked 7.28 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Police Union had the best player on the pitch.

The dugout

The form table has caught Steve Hoffman

Somebody else has been better, the manager has said so with a team sheet, and there is no argument to be had. He will get the shirt back the only way it can be got back.

The dugout

Mahmoud Wahid has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Police Union will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

In brief

13 Edition

The Police Union Courier

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

A hiding for Police Union

Beaten 0‑4 by El Masry, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.

Squad

Tempers go at Police Union

Saleh Nasr was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Words at Police Union training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mokhtar Ferrahi is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout

No hiding place for Mahmoud Ezzat

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mahmoud Ezzat, and the manager let it.

Boardroom

Doors closed at Police Union

The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.

Squad

Police Union are still strangers to each other

29 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

The dugout

Trezeguet Tarek: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑4, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

The dugout

The form table has caught Steve Hoffman

Somebody else has been better, the manager has said so with a team sheet, and there is no argument to be had. He will get the shirt back the only way it can be got back.

The dugout

Mas´ud Danjuma knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Police Union, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

1 Edition

The Police Union Courier

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Sani Abdullahi gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Sani Abdullahi has just signed for Police Union, and for once the answer mattered.

Squad

Ahmed Abdallah signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ahmed Abdallah commits to Police Union for another 2 years.

Transfer targets

Al Gaish tell Police Union: Mohamed Shaaban is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad

The formation has left Mahmoud Ezzat behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Police Union will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

Market

Talks stall between Police Union and Sani Abdullahi

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Squad

Police Union are still strangers to each other

19 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

Transfer targets

A loan move for Esho is in the works

Police Union have made the call to Zamalek. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

Transfer targets

A loan move for Hazem Gamal is in the works

Police Union have made the call to Al Ahly. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

Transfer targets

Police Union try to borrow Ahmed Nayel

Haras El Hodoud have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

In brief