The Masr El Makasa Courier
Squad9 Aug 2027
Ali Kahraba damages knee ligaments — 127 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 127 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Transfer targets9 Aug 2027
Belal Ateya is a medical away from Masr El Makasa
The deal with Al Ahly is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Words exchanged at Masr El Makasa
Ramadan Tarek 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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Mostafa Marwan 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.
Transfer targets9 Aug 2027
Door shut on Ziad Ayoub
Masr El Makasa asked and Al Ahly 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 dugout9 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Moaz Ateya
“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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Yasser Aboutrika signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Yasser Aboutrika and Masr El Makasa agree another 2 years.
Market9 Aug 2027
Mostafa Marwan linked with a move away
The name of Mostafa Marwan keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Masr El Makasa say nothing, which says plenty.
Match9 Aug 2027
Masr El Makasa have something to play for
Position 5 on 51 points, and the places that carry a European ticket are close enough to count. Seasons like this are decided by two results in April, and the club knows which two.
In brief
- The dugout A door opens for Nnayerem Kenneth
- Market Trezeguet Warda placed on the list
- The dugout Ibrahim Hegazi knocks on the manager’s door