The Masr El Makasa Courier
Market10 Aug 2026
Masr El Makasa turn down El Masry for Amr Elneny
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market10 Aug 2026
Not going: Abdallah Marwan stays at Masr El Makasa
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” El Dakhleya had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Samuel Ezekiel due for a Masr El Makasa medical
Everything agreed with Ikorodu City, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ramadan Aboutrika signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ramadan Aboutrika and Masr El Makasa agree another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Masr El Makasa
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Salah Aboutrika was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Denys Tvardovskyi
Masr El Makasa asked and Shakhtar said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ali El Wensh 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 Masr El Makasa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Walid Zaki
“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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Masr El Makasa try to borrow Martín Leal
Independiente 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.
In brief
- The dugout Ramadan Aboutrika asks for a word with the manager
- Squad Ramadan Aboutrika has seen what the next man earns
- Market Karim Tarek’s agent stirs the pot again