The Ittihad Herald
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
$120.0K settles it between the clubs for Islam Hesham
Arab Contractors have accepted the money. What Ittihad do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Ittihad
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad16 Aug 2027
George Ayine falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
Door shut on Ahmed Farouk
Ittihad asked and Al Ahly said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad16 Aug 2027
A falling-out at Ittihad
Franco Martínez and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market16 Aug 2027
One of our own: Ashraf Soliman joins the Ittihad first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ashraf Soliman is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market16 Aug 2027
Ittihad promote Mohamed Mohsen from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mohamed Mohsen 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.
Market16 Aug 2027
One of our own: Mahmoud Zaki joins the Ittihad first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mahmoud Zaki is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market16 Aug 2027
One of our own: El Sayed El Nenny joins the Ittihad first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. El Sayed El Nenny is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Boardroom Ittihad let a promise lapse
- The dugout No hiding place for Franco Martínez
- Looking ahead Mohamed Tony goes back to face Masr El Makasa