The Al Shaab Sentinel
Market24 Aug 2026
Eyes on Faisal Khalfan again
The phone has started ringing about Faisal Khalfan again, and this time the name on the line is Najran. Al Shaab are listening politely and promising nothing.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Sorin Ziane
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Al Shaab have done the hard part with Al Ain, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Hamdan Al Shamsi 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 Al Shaab this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Al Shaab
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mahmoud Omar was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Khalfan Abdulrahman needs a bigger stage
He is doing things every Saturday that nobody around him can answer. It is flattering for a season and a problem after that, and Al Shaab know which stage they are at.
Market24 Aug 2026
Amer Khalfan linked with a move away
The name of Amer Khalfan keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Al Shaab say nothing, which says plenty.
In brief
- Squad Somebody is after Amer Khalfan’s shirt
- Market Yussif Suleiman arrives on loan
- The dugout The manager comes out for Amer Khalfan
- Market Another notebook out for Khalfan Abdulrahman