The Zamalek Chronicle
Market24 Aug 2026
Mohamed Ibrahim puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Zamalek, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market24 Aug 2026
Zamalek say no — this time
The offer from El Masry for Ahmed Khodary was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Zamalek
Juan Bezerra 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
Ahmed Jafeli attracts admirers
The name of Ahmed Jafeli has come up in conversations Zamalek were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Zamalek training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Omar Gaber 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Riyad Mahrez is still paying for one afternoon at Zamalek
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Abdallah El Saeed shuts the door
Defensive actions: 16, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Market24 Aug 2026
El Masry are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Zamalek will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad24 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Ahmed Jafeli
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Player ratings Oday Dabbagh keeps on missing
- Match No goals between Zamalek and El Dakhleya
- Player ratings The chances came and went for Juan Bezerra