Hugo

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Marked for Hugo

2 Edition

The Al Wasl Courier

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market10 Aug 2026

Not going: Hugo stays at Al Wasl

“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Gostaresh Foulad had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.

Market10 Aug 2026

Al Wasl say no — this time

The offer from Al Wahda for Nicolás Giménez 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.

Market10 Aug 2026

Gabriel Vareta has said yes to Dibba

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Al Wasl have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Boardroom10 Aug 2026

Al Wasl go back to the board over Mohammed Bu Sanda

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $40.0K — a club that wants Mohammed Bu Sanda enough to be asked twice.

Squad10 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Al Wasl

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

Market10 Aug 2026

Renato Tapia wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Al Wasl hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Al Wasl rebuffed over Iago

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

Squad10 Aug 2026

Home is on Gabriel Vareta's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Al Wasl are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

The dugout10 Aug 2026

Pedro Malheiro 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 Wasl, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

Back issues
1 Edition

The Al Wasl Courier

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market3 Aug 2026

Al Wasl turn down MC Alger for Serginho

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad3 Aug 2026

A career in one shirt: Ali Saleh

11 seasons and 193 appearances, all of them here. Careers like this are not designed; they happen to a certain kind of man at a certain kind of club, and this town has one.

Market3 Aug 2026

Mehdi Taremi raises the bar 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 Wasl heard it as anything else.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Mehdi Taremi signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Mehdi Taremi and Al Wasl agree another 2 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Al Wasl

Mehdi Taremi 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.

Market3 Aug 2026

Gostaresh Foulad join the queue for Hugo

Add another name to the list: Gostaresh Foulad have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Hugo. The answer from Al Wasl has not changed — yet.

In brief