The Al Shaab Sentinel
Market24 Aug 2026
Not going: Sultan Al Hashmi stays at Al Shaab
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Al-Faisaly had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Market24 Aug 2026
Terms done: Ahmed Al Junaibi is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Al Fujairah waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Al Shaab is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Market24 Aug 2026
Al Shaab turn down Al Ain for Hamad Al Naqbi
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
$680.0K settles it between the clubs for Mohamed Ali
Al Wasl have accepted the money. What Al Shaab do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.
Market24 Aug 2026
Bandar Al Menhali hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Al Shaab can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
Al Shaab go back to the board over Vladimir Prijović
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $170.6K — a club that wants Vladimir Prijović enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Al Shaab bid $150.0K for Vladimir Prijović
The offer went to Sharjah this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Hamad Al Naqbi 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.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Ahmed Al Naqbi
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ahmed Al Naqbi, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Squad The formation has left Hicham Khaloua behind
- Squad A row about effort at Al Shaab
- Squad Abdullah Al Shamsi needs a bigger stage