The Ittihad Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
Ahmed Menshawi agrees terms with Military Production
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Ittihad people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market10 Aug 2026
Paradou come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Ittihad did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Mahmoud Daabasa due for a Ittihad medical
Everything agreed with Arab Contractors, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Ittihad rebuffed over Emad Tarek
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Masr El Makasa have kept their man, and Ittihad go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Ittihad
Lawrence Nicholas was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
Qarabag expected to open talks for John Okoye Ebuka
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Ittihad will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ali Elneny steps up from the Ittihad academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ali Elneny 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
Moamen Sherif signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Moamen Sherif and Ittihad agree another 4 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Ittihad ask about Santiago Beltrán
A loan enquiry to River Plate: 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
- Looking ahead A reunion for Mahmoud Dunga
- Squad A season on the outside for Lawrence Nicholas
- Squad Mahmoud Shabana has company in his position