The Military Production Herald
Squad16 Aug 2027
The knee: Walid Tawfik out for 104 days
104 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Military Production lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
The terraces16 Aug 2027
The mood at Military Production has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Market16 Aug 2027
Walid Adel asks to leave Military Production
“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.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
Youssef Beshir is a medical away from Military Production
The deal with ENPPI 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.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
Walid Adel frozen out at Military Production
This is not rotation. Walid Adel has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Military Production is pretending otherwise.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Military Production
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.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
Door shut on Yassin Yasser
Military Production 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
Abdallah Mahmoud 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.
Market16 Aug 2027
One of our own: Shikabala Ghaly joins the Military Production first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Shikabala Ghaly 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 Bassem Ashour steps up from the Military Production academy
- Market Ali Trezeguet steps up from the Military Production academy
- Boardroom Military Production let a promise lapse