Abdullah Matuq

Left Midfielder - Al-Shabab
31 Oct 2026
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8 Edition

The Al-Shabab Courier

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match19 Sep 2026

6 unbeaten for Al-Shabab

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Al-Shabab did not have in the autumn.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Abolfazl Jalali 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.

Match19 Sep 2026

Al-Shabab and Al-Khaleej take a point apiece

It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Yannick Carrasco is carrying Al-Shabab

2 goals and a season average of 7.20. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Haroune Camara 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.

Market21 Sep 2026

Abdullah Matuq placed on the list

Al-Shabab have made Abdullah Matuq available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

Back issues
7 Edition

The Al-Shabab Courier

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match12 Sep 2026

Al-Shabab get the job done against Hajer

A 4-2 win over Hajer, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Vincent Sierro 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.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Wesley Hoedt is off the mark for Al-Shabab

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Alfa Semedo 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.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Yannick Carrasco has taken the shirt

At 33 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at Al-Shabab are won quietly and lost loudly.

Loan watch14 Sep 2026

2 goals on loan for Daniel Podence

3 appearances at Olympiacos and the goals keep coming. Al-Shabab are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.

Market14 Sep 2026

Window shut, Abdullah Matuq still here

Al-Shabab spent the window trying to move Abdullah Matuq on and nobody came. He trains with a squad that has already told him he is not part of it, and both sides now wait for the next one.

Market14 Sep 2026

The Mohammed Al-Shwirekh talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Al-Shabab know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

The terraces14 Sep 2026

The press have found their man in Wesley Hoedt

Column inches are not points, but a footballer whose name keeps appearing for the right reasons is a footballer whose price has just gone up.

In brief

6 Edition

The Al-Shabab Courier

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad7 Sep 2026

Marcelo Grohe keeps Al-Shabab in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 10 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Market7 Sep 2026

Sultan Al-Anzi asks to leave Al-Shabab

“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.

Market7 Sep 2026

Talks stall between Al-Shabab and Abolfazl Jalali

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Abdullah Matuq 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.

Match5 Sep 2026

Al-Shabab and Al-Taawoun cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Al-Taawoun came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Alfa Semedo 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.

In brief