The Ittihad Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
Paradou come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Ittihad did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Emad Soliman
Ittihad asked and Masr El Makasa said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Ittihad
Mohamed Tony 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Petrojet join the queue for Osama Ahmed
Add another name to the list: Petrojet have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Osama Ahmed. The answer from Ittihad has not changed — yet.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ittihad promote Salah Sobhi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Salah Sobhi has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Ibrahim Hassan joins the Ittihad first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ibrahim Hassan is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Moamen Sherif signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Moamen Sherif and Ittihad agree another 4 years.
Looking ahead10 Aug 2026
A reunion for Mahmoud Dunga
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Masr El Makasa in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Blessing Eleke still has not settled
A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Ittihad would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
In brief
- The dugout Moamen Sherif knocks on the manager's door
- Squad John Okoye Ebuka is starting to belong
- Looking ahead Home comforts ahead for Ittihad