The Al Ahli Post
Squad2 Aug 2027
Fahad Ismail damages knee ligaments — 72 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 72 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market2 Aug 2027
Saeed Al Hammadi 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 The request is on a desk at Al Ahli, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market2 Aug 2027
Al Ahli spend $1.2M to raise the standard
This is not cover and nobody is pretending it is. $1.2M has been paid because Rostand Djooh is straightforwardly better than what was already here, and the club has decided to stop waiting.
Squad2 Aug 2027
A falling-out at Al Ahli
Saeed Al Hammadi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Faisal Al Hammadi signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Faisal Al Hammadi and Al Ahli agree another 4 years.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Al Ahli lose a squad player
57 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Transfer targets2 Aug 2027
Al Ahli ask about Oumar Pona
A loan enquiry to Angers SCO: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Market2 Aug 2027
No place for Khalifa Mubarak in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Khalifa Mubarak has his answer from Al Ahli; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
Market2 Aug 2027
The Nasser Obaid talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Al Ahli know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
- The dugout A door opens for Khalifa Mubarak
- The dugout The manager comes out for Salem Al Suwaidi