Rexo Dolby

Attacking Midfielder (C) - Al-Jeel
22 Apr 2029
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Marked for Rexo Dolby

142 Edition

The Al-Jeel Post

16 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad16 Apr 2029

The knee: Nasser Al-Nemer out for 20 days

20 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Al-Jeel lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Squad16 Apr 2029

A falling-out at Al-Jeel

Nafea Al-Sumairi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad16 Apr 2029

Yoshiaki Kikuchi wants to go home

“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Al-Jeel can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.

Squad16 Apr 2029

Yoshiaki Kikuchi wants to finish where he started

Every long career reaches the week the player starts thinking about the last one. He would like it to be at the club that first put him on a pitch, and Al-Jeel now know that too.

Loan watch16 Apr 2029

Asanele Shibe wants to come home

“I did not go to Al-Riyadh to sit and watch. I want to come back to Al-Jeel and fight for my place.” 14 appearances in 42 matches say the rest.

The dugout16 Apr 2029

Akintunde Azeez knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Akintunde Azeez trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

The dugout16 Apr 2029

The manager makes an example of Rexo Dolby

“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.

Market16 Apr 2029

Akintunde Azeez linked with a move away

The name of Akintunde Azeez keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Al-Jeel say nothing, which says plenty.

Market16 Apr 2029

The shop window has Abdullah Al-Suwaie in it

Al-Jeel have let the market know Abdullah Al-Suwaie can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief

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The Al-Jeel Post

22 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Match20 Jan 2029

Al-Jeel tear Al-Nahda apart

Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 3‑0 against Al-Nahda, and it could have been more.

Player ratings22 Jan 2029

Azzam Al-Bishi scores twice — 8.80

Two goals and a mark of 8.80 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Transfer targets22 Jan 2029

Al-Jeel agree $770.0K for Ibrahim Mahnashi

The clubs have shaken hands with Al-Qadisiyah; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.

Market22 Jan 2029

Rexo Dolby puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Al-Jeel, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad22 Jan 2029

A falling-out at Al-Jeel

Nafea Al-Sumairi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets22 Jan 2029

Al-Jeel rebuffed over Sattam Al-Shammari

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Al-Orobah have kept their man, and Al-Jeel go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad22 Jan 2029

Azzam Al-Bishi 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.

The dugout22 Jan 2029

No hiding place for Haythem Ayouni

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Haythem Ayouni, and the manager let it.

Player ratings22 Jan 2029

Maxwell Quaye in the eights

A performance of 8.06 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

In brief

  • The dugout Haythem Ayouni is still being punished for one mistake
  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
  • The dugout Nafea Al-Sumairi knocks on the manager’s door
101 Edition

The Al-Jeel Post

3 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad3 Jul 2028

Abdullah Al-Suwaie breaks a bone — 117 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 117 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Transfer targets3 Jul 2028

Hussain Al-Eissa turns down Al-Jeel

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Al-Ra'ed keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Squad3 Jul 2028

Tempers go at Al-Jeel

Nafea Al-Sumairi 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.

Transfer targets3 Jul 2028

Door shut on Ibrahim Mahnashi

Al-Jeel asked and Al-Qadisiyah said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

The dugout3 Jul 2028

Jathob Al-Dhafieri frozen out at Al-Jeel

This is not rotation. Jathob Al-Dhafieri has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Al-Jeel is pretending otherwise.

Squad3 Jul 2028

Words at Al-Jeel training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Azzam Al-Bishi 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.

The dugout3 Jul 2028

The manager makes an example of Nafea Al-Sumairi

“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.

Transfer targets3 Jul 2028

Al-Jeel try to borrow Saud Al-Ruwaili

Al-Ettifaq have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

Squad3 Jul 2028

Jathob Al-Dhafieri slips down the pecking order

The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Jathob Al-Dhafieri is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.

In brief

100 Edition

The Al-Jeel Post

26 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad26 Jun 2028

Abdullah Al-Suwaie breaks a bone — 124 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 124 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market26 Jun 2028

Hani Al-Sebyani puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Al-Jeel, and it is not being withdrawn.

Boardroom26 Jun 2028

The scrutiny sharpens at Al-Jeel

Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Al-Jeel is running low.

Market26 Jun 2028

Victor Uduebo agrees terms with Al-Nahda

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Al-Jeel people have started saying his name in the past tense.

The dugout26 Jun 2028

Osama Al-Johar frozen out at Al-Jeel

This is not rotation. Osama Al-Johar has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Al-Jeel is pretending otherwise.

Transfer targets26 Jun 2028

Hussain Al-Eissa due for a Al-Jeel medical

Everything agreed with Al-Ra'ed, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Transfer targets26 Jun 2028

No deal for Ibrahim Mahnashi at that price

Al-Jeel offered $310.0K; Al-Qadisiyah said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Squad26 Jun 2028

Words exchanged at Al-Jeel

Nafea Al-Sumairi and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad26 Jun 2028

Rexo Dolby arrives at the club he grew up with

Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Rexo Dolby has, at Al-Jeel, and the first month will show what that does to a man.

In brief