Omar Adly

Central Defender - Wadi Degla
19 Nov 2026
Thursday
Process

Marked for Omar Adly

16 Edition

The Wadi Degla Gazette

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

The knee: Mohamed Abdelaati out for 31 days

31 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Wadi Degla lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Squad

17 days out for Ahmed Reda after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Wadi Degla will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Market

Winful Cobbinah asks to leave Wadi Degla

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Tempers go at Wadi Degla

Mees Kaandorp 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

A row about effort at Wadi Degla

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Franck Boli was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

No hiding place for Bilal Mazhar

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

Looking ahead

A reunion for Amr Hossam

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Police Union in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

The dugout

Youssef Oya asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

The dugout

A door opens for Omar Adly

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

In brief

Back issues
11 Edition

The Wadi Degla Gazette

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Mohamed Abdelaati

68 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Wadi Degla lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad

Ahmed Reda breaks a bone — 53 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 53 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

Tempers go at Wadi Degla

Petros 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

Real improvement from Ziad Mohamed at Wadi Degla

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Ziad Mohamed is 23, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

The dugout

No hiding place for Omar Adly

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

Market

Anderson Pico brings the grey hairs Wadi Degla lacked

At 38, he has seen every situation this season can produce, twice. The legs will be managed; the head is the purchase.

Looking ahead

A reunion for Seif Teka

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Ittihad in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

Market

Franck Boli linked with a move away

The name of Franck Boli keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Wadi Degla say nothing, which says plenty.

The dugout

Ali Hussein knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Ali Hussein trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief