The Al Shabab Post
Boardroom24 Apr 2028
The scrutiny sharpens at Al Shabab
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Al Shabab is running low.
Market24 Apr 2028
Abdullah Al Junaibi asks to leave Al Shabab
“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.
The dugout24 Apr 2028
Khalifa Mubarak: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Al Shabab have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad24 Apr 2028
Allan Nyom 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 Shabab this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad24 Apr 2028
Sultan Saeed falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market24 Apr 2028
The Ahmed Hassan story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Ahmed Hassan signs something — a contract at Al Shabab or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- The dugout Anastasios Pisiias has been promised minutes
- The dugout The manager comes out for Sultan Saeed
- Squad Mohamed Nader is out on the grass again