Walid Gabr

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Al Gaish U18
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146 Edition

The Al Gaish Courier

14 May 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The dugout14 May 2029

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Squad14 May 2029

A falling-out at Al Gaish

Emad Hamdi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad14 May 2029

Ismaïl Ouro-Agoro 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.

Market14 May 2029

Ismaïl Ouro-Agoro told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Ismaïl Ouro-Agoro has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Al Gaish.

The dugout14 May 2029

Ismaïl Ouro-Agoro gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market14 May 2029

Talks stall between Al Gaish and Ani Ozoemena

“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 dugout14 May 2029

Mohamed Refat has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Al Gaish will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Market14 May 2029

Ani Ozoemena runs his contract down

3 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Al Gaish money.

Market14 May 2029

The Ani Ozoemena question follows Al Gaish around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Ani Ozoemena’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

In brief

Back issues
131 Edition

The Al Gaish Courier

29 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad29 Jan 2029

The knee: Ismaïl Ouro-Agoro out for 18 days

18 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Al Gaish lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Market29 Jan 2029

Yehia Mostafa 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 Al Gaish can pretend not to have heard.

Match27 Jan 2029

No end in sight to Al Gaish's wait for a win

6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Al Gaish has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad29 Jan 2029

Emad Hamdi 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 Al Gaish this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match27 Jan 2029

Al Gaish cannot find the net

3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.

Transfer targets29 Jan 2029

Al Gaish rebuffed over Hazem Gamal

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

Player ratings29 Jan 2029

Ghaith Al-Madadha beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 19. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad29 Jan 2029

Mohamed El Sayed 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.

Squad29 Jan 2029

Walid Gabr: “I am not a substitute”

“I have done everything asked of me in training and it has not changed a thing on a Saturday.” The most familiar complaint in football, and one Al Gaish will have to answer with minutes or with a transfer.

In brief

117 Edition

The Al Gaish Courier

23 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

The dugout23 Oct 2028

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Squad23 Oct 2028

Words exchanged at Al Gaish

Emad Hamdi and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match21 Oct 2028

Al Gaish come up short against El Masry

El Masry left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout23 Oct 2028

No hiding place for Mohamed Refat

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mohamed Refat, and the manager let it.

The dugout23 Oct 2028

Walid Kahraba: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

Squad23 Oct 2028

Mohamed El Sayed 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.

Looking ahead23 Oct 2028

Mahmoud Abou-Gouda faces his old club

Haras El Hodoud next, and one man in the Al Gaish dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.

Market23 Oct 2028

No place for Ibrahim Salah in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Ibrahim Salah has his answer from Al Gaish; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

The dugout23 Oct 2028

Ahmed El Agouz left out for tactical reasons at Al Gaish

The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

In brief

103 Edition

The Al Gaish Courier

17 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad17 Jul 2028

Mohamed Hany breaks a bone — 17 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 17 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

The dugout17 Jul 2028

Islam Samir: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Al Gaish have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Transfer targets17 Jul 2028

Fee done, terms next for Khaled Walid

Al Gaish and Aswan have settled on $8.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.

Squad17 Jul 2028

Ghaith Al-Madadha signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ghaith Al-Madadha commits to Al Gaish for another 3 years.

Squad17 Jul 2028

Karim Tarek 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 Al Gaish this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad17 Jul 2028

The step up is real for Youssef Erraoui

At 23 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Boardroom17 Jul 2028

Mostafa Ezz Eldin will join Al Gaish for nothing

The paperwork is done long before the player is. Mostafa Ezz Eldin has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Al Gaish have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.

Transfer targets17 Jul 2028

Al Gaish rebuffed over Paul Ojeh

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Arab Contractors have kept their man, and Al Gaish go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

The dugout17 Jul 2028

No hiding place for Ahmed Menshawi

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ahmed Menshawi, and the manager let it.

In brief

95 Edition

The Al Gaish Courier

22 May 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad22 May 2028

Karim Tarek 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 Al Gaish this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad22 May 2028

Words at Al Gaish training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Camacho is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout22 May 2028

The manager makes an example of Camacho

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

The dugout22 May 2028

Connor Jales gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Connor Jales is on it.

The dugout22 May 2028

Yehia Mostafa 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.

Market22 May 2028

The Ani Ozoemena question follows Al Gaish around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Ani Ozoemena’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

In brief