The Emirates Club Chronicle
Squad9 Aug 2027
Adel Taarabt in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Emirates Club this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Everardo López has outgrown this division
There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. Emirates Club know it, and so does everybody who watches him.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Everardo López still has not settled
A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Emirates Club would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
Market9 Aug 2027
Emirates Club borrow Everardo López
A season-long look at somebody else’s player: Everardo López arrives from Toluca with something to prove and a return ticket in the drawer. Good loans make everybody richer; this one starts Saturday.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Leandrinho has company in his position
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Leandrinho keeps the shirt for now, at Emirates Club's convenience rather than his own.
Market9 Aug 2027
Emirates Club pick up Ibrahim Al-Shuail for nothing
The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Ibrahim Al-Shuail arrives at Emirates Club with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.
In brief
- Market Abdulla Al-Marzooqi leaves for nothing
- Market Ange Brou leaves for nothing