The El Dakhleya Courier
The dugout12 Jun 2028
Mosaad Awad says El Dakhleya went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market12 Jun 2028
Abdelnaser Mohamed hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what El Dakhleya can pretend not to have heard.
Squad12 Jun 2028
Sherif Dabo 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 Dakhleya this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets12 Jun 2028
El Dakhleya make their move for El Sayed Aboutrika
$14.0K on the table at Masr El Makasa. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets12 Jun 2028
No deal for Ahmed Yasser at that price
El Dakhleya offered $150.0K; Ghazl El Mahalla said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Transfer targets12 Jun 2028
Door shut on Abdo Yehia
El Dakhleya asked and Ghazl El Mahalla said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The dugout12 Jun 2028
El-Amir Hossam frozen out at El Dakhleya
This is not rotation. El-Amir Hossam has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at El Dakhleya is pretending otherwise.
Squad12 Jun 2028
A row about effort at El Dakhleya
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Abdo Semida was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market12 Jun 2028
The ambition of Ali Kebbeh outgrows El Dakhleya early
Signings arrive with a picture of the club in their head, and this one’s picture was bigger than the building. He will play well and he will be gone, in that order, and everybody knows it.
In brief
- Squad Hady Amer is a square peg at El Dakhleya
- The dugout Hossam Hassan gets it from the manager
- The dugout Abdo Semida knocks on the manager’s door