The Al Ain Chronicle
Match19 Mar 2029
Al Ain refuse to drop out of the race
Position 2, 50 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.
Squad19 Mar 2029
Mehdi Ghayedi says Al Ain went back on their word
“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.
Squad19 Mar 2029
Tempers go at Al Ain
Valentino Lazaro 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.
Squad19 Mar 2029
Words at Al Ain training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Morten Frendrup is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Loan watch19 Mar 2029
Khauan has seen enough of Al Wahda
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Al Ain, and 1 appearances in 10 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad19 Mar 2029
No hiding place for Jadsom
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jadsom, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Market The Giorgos Giakoumakis story refuses to die
- Market Dramane Koumaré placed on the list
- Boardroom Al Ain keep producing them