Rashid Al Suwaidi

Right Wingback - Al Shaab
15 Feb 2027
Monday
Process

Marked for Rashid Al Suwaidi

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The Al Shaab Sentinel

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Rashid Al Suwaidi asks to leave Al Shaab

“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.

Squad

Josepmir Ballón 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.

Squad

Words at Al Shaab training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Diego Otoya 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.

In brief

Back issues
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The Al Shaab Sentinel

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Al Wahda 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.

Market

Antonio Locatelli raises the bar for Al Shaab

“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Al Shaab heard it as anything else.

Squad

Rodrygo Oliveira signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Rodrygo Oliveira commits to Al Shaab for another 5 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Al Shaab

Antonio Locatelli 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.

Market

Hamdan Al Hammadi moves on

Al Wahda pay $380.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Squad

Rashid Al Bloushi gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief