Bassem Hamdi

Left Back - Aswan
15 Apr 2036
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Bassem Hamdi

470 Edition

The Aswan Post

30 Jul 2035
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Aswan turn down Wadi Degla for Ahmed Tarek

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Shikabala El Hadary puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Aswan, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets

Bassem Warda is a medical away from Aswan

The deal with Petrojet is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Transfer targets

Ramadan Marwan will not be coming to Aswan

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Masr El Makasa is saying, and nobody at Aswan is enjoying the guessing.

Squad

Cyriaque Sylla 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

No deal for Walid Fathy at that price

Aswan offered $11.0K; Al Ahly said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Transfer targets

Aswan rebuffed over Ramadan Marwan

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Masr El Makasa have kept their man, and Aswan go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad

Mostafa Marwan signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mostafa Marwan commits to Aswan for another 3 years.

Market

Al Gaish are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Aswan will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

In brief

Back issues
465 Edition

The Aswan Post

25 Jun 2035
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Aswan sink to position 18

17 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Market

Salah Aboutrika puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Aswan, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Only the photograph left for Salah Aboutrika

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Salah Aboutrika will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Aswan the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad

Tempers go at Aswan

Cyriaque Sylla was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Paul Owede Onowakpo

Aswan asked and Masr El Makasa said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Market

Talks stall between Aswan and Trezeguet Warda

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

The dugout

Trezeguet Warda asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

Amr Hegazi runs his contract down

2 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Aswan money.

The dugout

The manager plants his flag on Ahmed Tarek

“Judge me on him.” Managers do not say that kind of thing by accident — it moves the pressure from Ahmed Tarek’s shoulders onto his own, and both of them know it.

In brief

458 Edition

The Aswan Post

7 May 2035
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Semo breaks a bone — 33 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 33 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match

Full time on the season at Aswan

Position 18 on 17 points. Every season is a story and this is the last line of it, and now the club has three months to decide what the next one is about.

Boardroom

The scrutiny sharpens at Aswan

Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Aswan is running low.

Player ratings

Ahmed Tarek was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 28. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Market

Shikabala El Hadary asks to leave Aswan

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Cyriaque Sylla 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.

Squad

Bassem Hamdi signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Bassem Hamdi commits to Aswan for another 3 years.

Market

Talks stall between Aswan and Trezeguet Warda

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Squad

Ahmed Gabr named in the team of the month

A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Ahmed Gabr is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

In brief

  • The dugout A promise honoured at Aswan
  • The dugout The view from the dugout
  • The dugout Trezeguet Warda asks for a word with the manager