The Sharjah Chronicle
Squad7 Sep 2026
A fracture rules Adel Taarabt out for 129 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Sharjah will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market7 Sep 2026
Luan Pereira asks to leave Sharjah
“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
The ES Setif deal is off
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Firas Ben Larbi reports back to Sharjah with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A one-man rearguard from Darwish Ben Habib
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
Arnau Pradas will not be coming to Sharjah
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Al Wahda is saying, and nobody at Sharjah is enjoying the guessing.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Window shuts: 16 in, 3 out at Sharjah
The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 16 arrived, 3 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A falling-out at Sharjah
Charles Pickel and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Sultan Al-Saadi is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Match5 Sep 2026
A bad afternoon for Sharjah against Al Wasl
0‑1 to Al Wasl, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
In brief
- The dugout Charles Pickel is still paying for one afternoon at Sharjah
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- The dugout Firas Ben Larbi knocks on the manager's door