The Al Ahly Sentinel
Squad16 Nov 2026
The knee: Mohamed El Shenawy out for 60 days
60 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Al Ahly lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market16 Nov 2026
Marwan Ateya asks to leave Al Ahly
“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.
Market16 Nov 2026
Eyad Tamer is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Al Ahly is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at Al Ahly
Mohamed Hany 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.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Words at Al Ahly training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Yasser Ibrahim is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Abdalla Hatem signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Abdalla Hatem commits to Al Ahly for another 4 years.
Market16 Nov 2026
Taher Mohamed is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Al Ahly has been clear about where Taher Mohamed stands, which is more than many ever get.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Achraf Dari gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Looking ahead16 Nov 2026
A reunion for Mohamed El Shenawy
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Petrojet in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
In brief
- Market The Marwan Ateya talk will not go away
- Loan watch Belal Ateya keeps scoring at ASO Chlef
- Loan watch The goals keep arriving from Nejc Gradišar’s exile