The Al Shaab Sentinel
Market3 Aug 2026
Al-Taawoun come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Al Shaab did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market3 Aug 2026
Al Shaab may not be able to give Benjamín Medina what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Benjamín Medina wants continental football; whether Al Shaab can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Al Shaab make their move for Evans Ampofo
$470.0K on the table at Dibba. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Al Shaab
Marcos Neves 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Al Shaab training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ahmed Abdulrahman 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A muscle injury and 14 days out for Daniel Miranda
The most common injury in the game and the most rushed back from. Al Shaab will quote 14 days and will be careful with it, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Ismail Nader signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ismail Nader and Al Shaab agree another 1 years.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Al Shaab try to borrow Favour Ogbu
Al Wahda 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.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Marcos Neves 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 Marcos Neves trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Market No place for Hamdan Juma in the plan
- Market Experience through the door at Al Shaab