From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match28 Aug 2027
4 matches without a win for Al-Jeel
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Al-Jeel are no longer polite ones.
Squad30 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Ali Makki
“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.
Match28 Aug 2027
A 1-1 draw with Al-Saudi Al-Watani leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Ali Makki The manager makes an example of Ali Makki
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Uneasy
Market9 Aug 2027
Aldo Dini 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-Jeel can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom9 Aug 2027
Wages eat 171% of everything Al-Jeel earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Bader Al-Omair and Al-Jeel agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Aldo Dini Aldo Dini hands in a written request
Market9 Aug 2027
He is 20, and nobody at Al-Jeel signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Sfundo Shezi 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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“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.
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Uneasy
Squad2 Aug 2027
The medical room confirms 110 days on the sidelines for Naif Al-Howaitan , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad2 Aug 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Bader Al-Omair commits to Al-Jeel for another 3 years.
Market2 Aug 2027
Al-Jeel and Ali Makki are talking past each other“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
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Uneasy
Market5 Jul 2027
$1.1M — a new record at Al-Jeel
No footballer has ever cost this club more, and the number will be read out every time he misplaces a pass for the next two years.
Market5 Jul 2027
“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.
Market5 Jul 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Al-Jeel have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Market5 Jul 2027
Al-Saudi Al-Watani pay $77.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad5 Jul 2027
“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.
Squad5 Jul 2027
“Ask me in the summer. I will know before anybody else does.” He is 35 with 2 appearances behind him, and Al-Jeel have to plan for both answers.
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Uneasy
Market14 Jun 2027
“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-Jeel can pretend not to have heard.
Market14 Jun 2027
Omar Al-Subaie has left for Al-Njoom in a $5.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Boardroom14 Jun 2027
242% of the income goes out in wages at Al-Jeel
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
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Uneasy
Market7 Jun 2027
“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.
Squad7 Jun 2027
“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.
Market7 Jun 2027
Aldo Dini is 20, and Al-Jeel have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Kattê Kattê asks to leave Al-Jeel
Squad7 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Hussein Al-Tuti
“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.
Squad7 Jun 2027
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Haythem Ayouni keeps the shirt for now, at Al-Jeel 's convenience rather than his own.
Market7 Jun 2027
The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Mohamed Al-Mazrouei arrives at Al-Jeel with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.
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Uneasy
Squad24 May 2027
37 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad24 May 2027
Kattê 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.
Market24 May 2027
Al-Jeel have made Abdullah Al-Suwaie available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Uneasy
Boardroom17 May 2027
271% of the income goes out in wages at Al-Jeel
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad17 May 2027
“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.
Squad17 May 2027
Kattê knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Al-Jeel , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Market10 May 2027
“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.
Squad10 May 2027
“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.
Squad10 May 2027
Kattê 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.
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Uneasy
Squad26 Apr 2027
Kattê out for 66 daysThe medical room confirms 66 days on the sidelines for Kattê , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad26 Apr 2027
“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.
Squad26 Apr 2027
The manager comes out for Kattê
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Kattê has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Kattê Kattê out for 66 days
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Uneasy
Market5 Apr 2027
“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.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Belal Al-Dawaa : 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-Jeel have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Kattê 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.
Kattê Kattê asks to leave Al-Jeel
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Uneasy
Market29 Mar 2027
“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.
Squad29 Mar 2027
94 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad29 Mar 2027
“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.
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Kattê knocks on the manager's door
Squad
The manager comes out for Sfundo Shezi
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Uneasy
Boardroom22 Mar 2027
191% of the income goes out in wages at Al-Jeel
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad22 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Anaël Bakaki
“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.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Kattê 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.
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Uneasy
Market1 Mar 2027
“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.
Squad1 Mar 2027
122 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad1 Mar 2027
The medical room confirms 34 days on the sidelines for Sfundo Shezi , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
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Uneasy
Market8 Feb 2027
“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.
Match6 Feb 2027
No end in sight to Al-Jeel 's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Al-Jeel has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad8 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Belal Al-Dawaa
“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.
Match6 Feb 2027
A 1-1 draw with Al-Batin leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Kattê 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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Al-Jeel ’s own kid cannot get a gameAt 35, Haythem Ayouni has come through every age group this club has, and now watches a borrowed player of much the same level start every week. An academy notices these things, and so do the parents in the stand.
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Uneasy
Market1 Feb 2027
“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.
Match30 Jan 2027
No end in sight to Al-Jeel 's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Al-Jeel has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Kattê out for 151 daysThe medical room confirms 151 days on the sidelines for Kattê , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Naif Al-Howaitan : 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-Jeel have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad1 Feb 2027
The medical room confirms 62 days on the sidelines for Sfundo Shezi , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad1 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Julian Weigl
“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.
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Uneasy
Market4 Jan 2027
“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-Jeel can pretend not to have heard.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The medical room confirms 90 days on the sidelines for Sfundo Shezi , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Anaël Bakaki 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.
Match2 Jan 2027
A 3-3 draw with Al-Nahda leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Saif Rashad finally opens his accountHe wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Al-Jeel have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Kattê is not saying it is over“Ask me in the summer. I will know before anybody else does.” He is 36 with 18 appearances behind him, and Al-Jeel have to plan for both answers.
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Uneasy
Match12 Dec 2026
6 matches without a win for Al-Jeel
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Al-Jeel are no longer polite ones.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Kattê 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.
Match12 Dec 2026
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Kattê Kattê gets it from the manager
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Uneasy
Market7 Dec 2026
“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-Jeel can pretend not to have heard.
Match5 Dec 2026
5 matches without a win for Al-Jeel
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Al-Jeel are no longer polite ones.
Squad7 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Osama Al-Johar
“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.
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Crisis
Squad23 Nov 2026
“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.
Match21 Nov 2026
Al-Ettifaq left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad23 Nov 2026
“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.
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Uneasy
Squad16 Nov 2026
Kattê 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.
Match14 Nov 2026
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Anaël Bakaki knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Al-Jeel , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Kattê Kattê gets it from the manager
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Crisis
Match10 Oct 2026
7 matches without a win for Al-Jeel
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Al-Jeel are no longer polite ones.
Squad12 Oct 2026
16 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match10 Oct 2026
1-3 to Al-Njoom , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
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Steady
Market7 Sep 2026
“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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Wages eat 516% of everything Al-Jeel earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Anaël Bakaki
“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.
Match5 Sep 2026
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Al-Fayha came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Squad7 Sep 2026
“I will know when it is time. I am not there yet.” Mohammed Al-Nafisah is 35, with 1 appearances behind him, and Al-Jeel will have to plan for whichever answer comes.
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Upbeat
Match29 Aug 2026
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 3-0 against Al-Saudi Al-Watani , and it could have been more.
Market31 Aug 2026
“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-Jeel can pretend not to have heard.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Angelo Gironda
“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.
Market31 Aug 2026
Al-Jeel have made Ibrahim Al-Hafith available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Hussein Al-Tuti 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Al-Jeel have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Kattê has company in his positionThe competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Kattê keeps the shirt for now, at Al-Jeel 's convenience rather than his own.
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Triumph
Match15 Aug 2026
Al-Ta'ee made Al-Jeel work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“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.
Market17 Aug 2026
He is 16, and nobody at Al-Jeel signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
He is 16, and nobody at Al-Jeel signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
He is 16, and nobody at Al-Jeel signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
He is 16, and nobody at Al-Jeel signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
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Steady
Squad10 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Sfundo Shezi commits to Al-Jeel for another 4 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Market10 Aug 2026
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Al-Jeel has been clear about where Hussain Halawani stands, which is more than many ever get.