The Masr El Makasa Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ali Kahraba stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ali Kahraba and Masr El Makasa agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Masr El Makasa
Ahmed El Sheikh 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
El Sayed Aboutrika 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
No place for Salah Tarek in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Salah Tarek has his answer from Masr El Makasa; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ali Kahraba knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Masr El Makasa, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market10 Aug 2026
Masr El Makasa bring in an old head
Salah Rico is 35 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.
In brief
- Market Ahmed El Sheikh brings the grey hairs Masr El Makasa lacked
- Market Mostafa Kahraba goes looking for football