The Police Union Courier
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
Zidan Nageh is a medical away from Police Union
The deal with Al Ahly is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Words exchanged at Police Union
Yassin Marei and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
Police Union baulk at the price for Hossam Ghanem
ENPPI wanted more than $92.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Squad26 Jul 2027
A move Samuel Lucas would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Samuel Lucas is living that version at Police Union, and it tends to show in the first month.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
Zamalek tell Police Union: Ahmed Jafeli 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.
The dugout26 Jul 2027
No hiding place for Yanis Hénin
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Yanis Hénin, and the manager let it.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
Police Union try to borrow Mounder Temine
El Masry 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.
Market26 Jul 2027
Police Union buy the years ahead of Samuel Lucas
He is 19, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Squad26 Jul 2027
A row about effort at Police Union
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Pedro Henrique was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- Squad Samuel Lucas is a square peg at Police Union
- The dugout Ahmed Abdallah has become a man the manager trusts
- The dugout Nwanna Okechukwu has been promised minutes