The Al Shabab Post
Squad7 Sep 2026
Ibrahim Rashid damages knee ligaments — 15 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 15 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.
Market7 Sep 2026
Mahmoud Suqrat 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 Shabab can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Al Shabab close the window on a squad of their own making
12 in and 3 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
Too dear: Al Shabab walk away from Youssef Saeed
$1.5M was the most the club would pay and Al Shaab were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Market7 Sep 2026
Al Shabab turn down Al Ain for Salem Al Bloushi
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Al Shabab go back to the board over Youssef Saeed
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $1.5M — a club that wants Youssef Saeed enough to be asked twice.
Market7 Sep 2026
Sultan Juma’s move to MC Alger falls through
The deal that would have taken Sultan Juma to MC Alger has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Al Shabab with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
An offer of $120.0K for Saeed Omar
Al Shabab have gone to Al Ahli with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Al Shabab
Maximiliano Velazco 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
- Transfer targets San Lorenzo tell Al Shabab: José Devecchi is not for sale
- Boardroom Graduation day at Al Shabab
- Market Ibrahim Abdulrahman steps up from the Al Shabab academy