The Police Union Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
Salah Rico 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 Police Union this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Police Union training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Richmond Lamptey is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Mohamed Shaaban
Police Union asked and Al Gaish said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
Police Union promote Shikabala Ghaly from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Shikabala Ghaly has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: El Sayed Ghaly joins the Police Union first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. El Sayed Ghaly is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Mohamed El Wensh steps up from the Police Union academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mohamed El Wensh has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Mahmoud Warda steps up from the Police Union academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mahmoud Warda has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The formation has left Ahmed Nabil Manga behind
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Police Union will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Too much change too quickly at Police Union
20 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
In brief
- Transfer targets Police Union try to borrow Mohamed Khalifa
- Looking ahead Ziad Farag faces his old club
- Looking ahead An away day at Arab Contractors next for Police Union