The Arab Contractors Post
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Trezeguet El Wensh is out at Arab Contractors
Four paragraphs on the club website, none of them about football. The board thanked him, wished him well, and had the search under way before the page went up.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
Youssef Belammari will not be coming to Arab Contractors
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Al Ahly is saying, and nobody at Arab Contractors is enjoying the guessing.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Walid Hamdi takes charge at Arab Contractors
“Somebody has to pick the team on Saturday, and this week that is me.” An interim appointment with no promises attached, which is how most of them start.
The dugout21 Aug 2028
Ahmed Khaled says Arab Contractors went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market21 Aug 2028
Mahmoud El Hadary 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.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Words exchanged at Arab Contractors
Pedro Obiang 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.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Arab Contractors
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
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.
Squad21 Aug 2028
A row about effort at Arab Contractors
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Hesham Balaha was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Karim Hegazi joins the Arab Contractors first team
- Market One of our own: Hossam Warda joins the Arab Contractors first team
- Market Arab Contractors promote Mostafa Aboutrika from within