The El Masry Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
El Masry turn down Wadi Degla for Moustafa Zeidan
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ahmed Waheb turns Military Production down
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Moustafa Zeidan signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Moustafa Zeidan commits to El Masry for another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Karim El Eraki in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at El Masry this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Moustafa Zeidan falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market10 Aug 2026
El Masry promote Ali Marwan from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ali Marwan 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
El Masry promote Ibrahim Ghaly from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ibrahim Ghaly 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Sunusi Ibrahim is a square peg at El Masry
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
A loan move for Faisal Hussain is in the works
El Masry have made the call to Al Ahli. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Ameed Sawafta
- The dugout Mostafa El Aash asks for a word with the manager
- Looking ahead El Masry host Petrojet