The Masr El Makasa Courier
Market14 Sep 2026
Ibrahim Hegazi asks to leave Masr El Makasa
“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.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
No thanks: Jerry Afriyie rejects the move
Masr El Makasa had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Racing Genk, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Masr El Makasa
Omar Fayed 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.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
Aswan tell Masr El Makasa: Ibrahim Ayoola is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Match12 Sep 2026
Zamalek take the points off Masr El Makasa
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
Hussein Taimour stays at Smouha as time runs out
A deal that was a phone call from completion at lunchtime was dead by midnight. Masr El Makasa will try again when the window opens; Smouha may not be selling by then.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Masr El Makasa
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ali Fathi was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Loan watch14 Sep 2026
Ahmed Zizo wants to come home
“I did not go to Police Union to sit and watch. I want to come back to Masr El Makasa and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑1 defeat, delivered by Ramadan El Wensh to a room that had heard them before.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Mahmoud Warda
- Player ratings Mostafa Marwan runs at them all day
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Moaz Ateya