The Zamalek Chronicle
Market16 Aug 2027
Abdallah Aboutrika hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Zamalek can pretend not to have heard.
Market16 Aug 2027
Ahmed Khodary agrees terms with El Dakhleya
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Zamalek people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market16 Aug 2027
Zamalek turn down Ittihad for El Sayed Osama
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
Zamalek tie Mahmoud Sobhi down
A new deal for the man in the dugout, and the clearest thing a board can say without calling a press conference about it. Stability is cheap to promise and expensive to deliver.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Zamalek
Abdallah Aboutrika 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.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Zamalek
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
A row about effort at Zamalek
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Adam Kaied was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market16 Aug 2027
One of our own: El Sayed Mohsen joins the Zamalek first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. El Sayed Mohsen is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Ahmed El Armouty signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ahmed El Armouty and Zamalek agree another 3 years.
In brief
- Loan watch Mohamed Abdelfattah has seen enough of Arab Contractors
- The dugout Oday Dabbagh has become a man the manager trusts
- The dugout Mohamed Ismail gets it from the manager