The Al Wasl Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
Pedro Malheiro signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Pedro Malheiro commits to Al Wasl for another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Al Wasl
Pedro Malheiro was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Renato Tapia falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Pedro Malheiro
“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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Dibba watching Yousif Ali
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Al Wasl have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Market10 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Miguel Borja's contract
24 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
In brief
- Market The Lancine Bamba conversation is coming
- Market Still no ink between Al Wasl and Soufiane Bouftini