The ENPPI Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
Arab Contractors come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and ENPPI did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ammar Hamdy signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ammar Hamdy and ENPPI agree another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Rafik Kabou 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 ENPPI this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
ENPPI rebuffed over Moses Moffi
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Liberty Professionals have kept their man, and ENPPI go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Bassem Ashour steps up from the ENPPI academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Bassem Ashour 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
One of our own: Ali Ghaly joins the ENPPI first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ali 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
Walid Mohsen steps up from the ENPPI academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Walid Mohsen 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Ahmed Kofta
“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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Ammar Hamdy asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at ENPPI
- Looking ahead Reda El Sayed goes back to face Aswan
- Squad Rafik Kabou wants to know why he earns less