Mahmoud Zaki

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Aswan U18
29 May 2027
Saturday
Process

Marked for Mahmoud Zaki

2 Edition

The Aswan Post

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Mohamed Niaré 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 targets

Ismaily tell Aswan: Hassan Saber 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.

Market

Aswan promote Emad El Shenawy from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Emad El Shenawy 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.

Market

One of our own: Mahmoud Zaki joins the Aswan 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.

Market

Aswan promote Ibrahim Ashour from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ibrahim Ashour 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.

Market

Ibrahim Hegazi steps up from the Aswan academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ibrahim Hegazi 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.

Squad

The formation has left Bismark Asante behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Aswan will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

Squad

Olufemi Kayode stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Olufemi Kayode and Aswan agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Transfer targets

Aswan try to borrow Karim Fouad

Al Ahly have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

In brief

  • Transfer targets Aswan ask about Belal Ateya
  • Squad 6 new faces, and Aswan are still learning each other
  • The dugout The manager makes an example of Ali Ezzat