“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Al Wahda, and it is not being withdrawn.
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Al Wasl heard it as anything else.
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Al Fujairah, and it is not being withdrawn.
The offer from Al Ain for Vitor Figueiredo was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Al Shabab is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Mohammad Essa will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Al Fujairah the goodbyes have quietly begun.
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Al Ain heard it as anything else.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Dibba is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Al Nasr heard it as anything else.
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Al Shaab, and it is not being withdrawn.
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Mansoor Al-Harbi will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Al Dhafra the goodbyes have quietly begun.
The month closes with Mohanad Ali out in front — 5 goals in 4 games, and Dibba have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2027
Adryelson is the division's player of the month — 8.19
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Al Wasl man on 8.19 with 3 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2027
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Al Shabab
Matías Hernández was marked 8.06 and had a hand in 4 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Sharjah can pretend not to have heard.
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 3 of them made by a Emirates Club player marked 6.47, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Al Shabab they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Mohanad Ali averaged 8.42 over 4 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Al Wahda heard it as anything else.
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Marked 8.91 across it, 4 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Al Wasl have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
Yusuf Akçiçek is the month's best young player — 7.45
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.45 over the month and 1 goal contributions, from a Emirates Club player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
“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 Ahli can pretend not to have heard.
The offer from Sivasspor for Omar Khribin was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
4 assists, 6.76, and a Al Ain player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
Adryelson is the division's best-marked player — 8.91
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.91 across 5 matches for Al Wasl.
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Salem Sultan will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Al Nasr the goodbyes have quietly begun.
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Al Wahda heard it as anything else.
5 in 5 for Al Fujairah. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
6 in 4 for Al Nasr. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 7 goals in 4 appearances for Al Wahda.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2027
Lisandro Piñero is the division's player of the month — 8.88
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Liverpool Montevideo man on 8.88 with 6 goal contributions.
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 8.88 over the month and 6 goal contributions, from a Liverpool Montevideo player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
The offer from Penarol for Ramón Mierez was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 3 of them made by a Al Jazira player marked 8.25, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.88 across 4 matches for Liverpool Montevideo.
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
3 in 4 for Baniyas. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
The month closes with Miguel Borja out in front — 5 goals in 4 games, and Al Wasl have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
Miguel Borja is the division's player of the month — 8.14
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Al Wasl man on 8.14 with 5 goal contributions.
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 8.45 over the month and 1 goal contributions, from a Al Ain player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Emirates Club, and it is not being withdrawn.
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 4 of them made by a Al Shaab player marked 6.63, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 9.01 across 2 matches for Al Wasl.
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Al Nasr heard it as anything else.
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Igor Serrote wants continental football; whether Al Jazira can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
3 in 4 for Al Shabab. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Marked 7.81 across it, 2 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Al Wasl have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.98 over the month and 2 goal contributions, from a Al Ain player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 4 of them made by a Al Nasr player marked 7.20, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
Highest marks in the league belong to a Al Jazira man
Mamadou Coulibaly averaged 8.33 over 5 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Marked 8.42 across it, 7 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Dibba have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Al Ahli
Omar Al Bloushi was marked 8.42 and had a hand in 3 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
“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 Ahli can pretend not to have heard.
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Hajer moved on, Mohanad Ali reports back to Dibba, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
5 assists, 7.13, and a Dibba player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
The offer from Ararat for Marcel Ratnik was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
Highest marks in the league belong to a Al Shabab man
Majed Khalfan averaged 8.51 over 4 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Al Nasr heard it as anything else.