The El Masry Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
Not going: Mounder Temine stays at El Masry
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” USM Khenchela had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Market10 Aug 2026
El Masry turn down Arab Contractors for Abdo Nader
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Moustafa Zeidan signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Moustafa Zeidan and El Masry agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Karim El Eraki 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 El Masry this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Mahmoud El Zanfaly
El Masry asked and Haras El Hodoud said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Moustafa Zeidan gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ali Ashour steps up from the El Masry academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ali 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: El Sayed Ashour joins the El Masry first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. El Sayed Ashour 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
Youssef El Gohary out for 56 days
The medical room confirms 56 days on the sidelines for Youssef El Gohary, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
In brief
- Squad Mahmoud Ezzat is a square peg at El Masry
- The dugout Mostafa El Aash asks for a word with the manager
- Looking ahead El Masry host Petrojet