The Arab Contractors Post
Market10 Aug 2026
Mahmoud Daabasa agrees terms with Ittihad
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Arab Contractors people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market10 Aug 2026
Smouha come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Arab Contractors did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Arab Contractors go back to the board over Mahmoud Warda
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $445.0K — a club that wants Mahmoud Warda enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Arab Contractors bid $410.0K for Mahmoud Warda
The offer went to Masr El Makasa this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Majeed Ashimeru 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 Arab Contractors this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ahmed Ouled Behi stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ahmed Ouled Behi and Arab Contractors agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Mamelodi Sundowns tell Arab Contractors: Jody February is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Ibrahim Marwan joins the Arab Contractors first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ibrahim Marwan 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
Omar Marwan steps up from the Arab Contractors academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Omar Marwan 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.
In brief
- Squad Majeed Ashimeru is a square peg at Arab Contractors
- Transfer targets Arab Contractors try to borrow Melusi Buthelezi
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Arab Contractors