The Zamalek Chronicle
Market24 Jun 2030
Karim Fouad agrees terms with Police Union
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Zamalek people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market24 Jun 2030
Juan Yangali asks to leave Zamalek
“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.
Market24 Jun 2030
Zamalek say no — this time
The offer from Aswan for Mahmoud Bentayg 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 Jun 2030
Riku Yamane 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.
Squad24 Jun 2030
Mamadou Coulibaly 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 Zamalek this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad24 Jun 2030
El Sayed Soliman out for 26 days
The medical room confirms 26 days on the sidelines for El Sayed Soliman, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
The dugout24 Jun 2030
Chancel Mbemba has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Zamalek will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout24 Jun 2030
Mahmoud El Wensh 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 Zamalek, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad24 Jun 2030
A season on the outside for Emmanuel Uchenna Aririerisim
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Zamalek has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
In brief
- Market Juan Bezerra linked with a move away
- Boardroom Zamalek keep producing them
- The dugout Ahmed Fatouh keeps his manager's vote