The El Dakhleya Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Ahmed Wahid would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Ahmed Wahid is living that version at El Dakhleya, and it tends to show in the first month.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Mohamed Khalifa rejects the move
El Dakhleya had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Petrojet, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Mohamed El Araby signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mohamed El Araby commits to El Dakhleya for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at El Dakhleya
Sherif Dabo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Mohamed Shaaban
El Dakhleya asked and Al Gaish said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at El Dakhleya
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mohamed El Araby was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market10 Aug 2026
El Dakhleya promote Bassem Kahraba from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Bassem Kahraba 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
El Dakhleya promote Mostafa Hamdi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mostafa Hamdi 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Ramadan Mohsen joins the El Dakhleya first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ramadan Mohsen is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market El Dakhleya promote El Sayed El Hadary from within
- The dugout The manager makes an example of El-Amir Hossam
- Transfer targets El Dakhleya ask about Yassin Marei