The Masr El Makasa Courier
Transfer targets24 Jun 2030
The paperwork begins on Mohamed Shehata
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Masr El Makasa have done the hard part with Wadi Degla, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad24 Jun 2030
Words exchanged at Masr El Makasa
Ibrahim Aboul-Yazid 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.
Squad24 Jun 2030
A row about effort at Masr El Makasa
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Romano De Luca was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets24 Jun 2030
Masr El Makasa rebuffed over Mohamed Zaalouk
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Al Ahly have kept their man, and Masr El Makasa go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets24 Jun 2030
Masr El Makasa try to borrow Mohamed Abdelfattah
Zamalek 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.
Market24 Jun 2030
Ahmed Mohsen linked with a move away
The name of Ahmed Mohsen keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Masr El Makasa say nothing, which says plenty.
The dugout24 Jun 2030
The manager makes Mahmoud Zaki a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Masr El Makasa. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
The dugout24 Jun 2030
Mostafa Salah 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.
Market24 Jun 2030
Mostafa Soliman leaves for nothing
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Mostafa Soliman leaves Masr El Makasa the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
In brief
- The dugout The manager comes out for Salah Hassan
- Squad Mohamed El Mohamady is not doing himself any favours
- Squad Yasser Tarek is fit again