Hamdan Yaqoob

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The Al Ahli Post

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad21 Sep 2026

Real improvement from Fahad Omar at Al Ahli

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Fahad Omar is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad21 Sep 2026

A row about effort at Al Ahli

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Iago was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad21 Sep 2026

A falling-out at Al Ahli

Khalfan Nader and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad21 Sep 2026

7 new faces, and Al Ahli are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

The manager’s verdict

“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Walid Obaid was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the Al Ahli dressing room was either.

Player ratings21 Sep 2026

Sultan Al Hammadi runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 12. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match19 Sep 2026

Al Ahli and Emirates Club cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Emirates Club came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

Market21 Sep 2026

The Erik question follows Al Ahli around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Erik’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

The plan did not have a place for Iago

Nobody at Al Ahli is suggesting he is out of form. The manager simply wanted somebody with a different set of qualities for ninety specific minutes, and there is nothing a player can train to fix that.

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The Al Ahli Post

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market31 Aug 2026

Hamdan Yaqoob asks to leave Al Ahli

“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.

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

No deal for Chiheb Labidi at that price

Al Ahli offered $5.7M; Nacional said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

Fee done, terms next for Malek Janeer

Al Ahli and Al Wasl have settled on $660.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

Al Dhafra tell Al Ahli: Ibrahim Bayesh is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Ahmed Chentouf arrives at the club he grew up with

Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Ahmed Chentouf has, at Al Ahli, and the first month will show what that does to a man.

Boardroom31 Aug 2026

Al Ahli go back to the board over Malek Janeer

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $716.6K — a club that wants Malek Janeer enough to be asked twice.

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

Chouaib El Maftoul turns down Al Ahli

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: another club keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Market31 Aug 2026

Al Ahli sign Mateo Karamatić for $540.0K

The paperwork is done: Mateo Karamatić joins from Al Nasr in a deal worth $540.0K. Now comes the harder part.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Al Ahli

Ismail Suqrat 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.

In brief