The Ismaily Courier
Squad3 Aug 2026
Éric Traoré makes the wrong kind of headline
Dealt with internally, which is the phrase a club uses when it would rather nobody asked twice. He will be fined, he will apologise, and he will play on Saturday.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Éric Traoré signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Éric Traoré commits to Ismaily for another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Ismaily
Mohamed Hassan and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market3 Aug 2026
Hassan Saber attracts admirers
The name of Hassan Saber has come up in conversations Ismaily were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Raised voices on the training ground at Ismaily
It involved Éric Traoré, it was loud enough to reach the car park, and it was over by lunch. Dressing rooms run hot; the ones that should worry you are the silent ones.
Market3 Aug 2026
24 months and counting on Mohamed Hassan
Still no offer on the table, and Mohamed Hassan’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Ismaily try to borrow Kegan Johannes
Mamelodi Sundowns 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.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
A loan move for Karim Fouad is in the works
Ismaily 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 targets3 Aug 2026
Ismaily try to borrow Salem Hussain
Al Ahli 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
- Market Still no ink between Ismaily and Ahmed Adel
- The dugout Ibrahim El Nagaawy knocks on the manager’s door
- Market Desmond Nketia joins Ismaily on a free