The Arab Contractors Post
Market18 Jun 2029
Zidan Nageh 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 Arab Contractors people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market18 Jun 2029
Ahmed Khaled asks to leave Arab Contractors
“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.
Squad18 Jun 2029
Tempers go at Arab Contractors
Pedro Obiang 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.
The dugout18 Jun 2029
Zidan Nageh frozen out at Arab Contractors
This is not rotation. Zidan Nageh has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Arab Contractors is pretending otherwise.
Market18 Jun 2029
Business is business: Mohamed Abdelnasser goes
Al Ahly paid $180.0K and Arab Contractors took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Transfer targets18 Jun 2029
Petrojet tell Arab Contractors: Karim Zaki is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
The dugout18 Jun 2029
No hiding place for Pedro Obiang
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Pedro Obiang, and the manager let it.
Squad18 Jun 2029
A muscle injury sidelines Walid Mohsen for 14 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Arab Contractors will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Transfer targets18 Jun 2029
Arab Contractors try to borrow Khumoitsile Rathokolo
El Dakhleya have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
In brief
- The dugout Shokry Naguib knocks on the manager’s door
- The dugout Bismark Asante gets picked when it counts
- Market The Monsef Bakrar question follows Arab Contractors around