The Aswan Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
66 days out for Cyriaque Sylla after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Aswan will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Aswan say no — this time
The offer from CS Constantine for Sani Abdullahi 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Seidu Basit 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 Aswan this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Aswan rebuffed over Ahmed Nayel
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Haras El Hodoud have kept their man, and Aswan go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Omar Mohsen steps up from the Aswan academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Omar 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Aswan promote Ashraf Soliman from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ashraf Soliman 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: Emad Zaki joins the Aswan first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Emad Zaki is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Robert Mizo is a square peg at Aswan
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Aswan ask about Yassin Marei
A loan enquiry to Al Ahly: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
In brief
- Squad 6 new faces, and Aswan are still learning each other
- Looking ahead A reunion for Hossam Arafat
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: ENPPI at home