The board have answered with money instead of encouragement, which is the only answer a manager ever wants. Spending it well is now entirely his problem.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Al Ain know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Al Ain they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Al Ain they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
“I did not go to Esteghlal Khuzestan to sit and watch. I want to come back to Al Ain and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 14 matches say the rest.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Al Ain they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
“I did not go to Esteghlal Khuzestan to sit and watch. I want to come back to Al Ain and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 10 matches say the rest.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Al Ain have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Al Ain know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Every debut is a small story about the future: Joshua Udoh, 19 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Al Ain know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The name of Ezekiel Antony has come up in conversations Al Ain were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.