The Al Shabab Post
Squad31 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Saeed Juma
103 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Al Shabab lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market31 Aug 2026
Baniyas come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Al Shabab did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market31 Aug 2026
Not going: Faisal Rashid stays at Al Shabab
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Zob Ahan had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Market31 Aug 2026
Rashid 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.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Al Shabab make their move for Fernando Valenzuela
$2.8M on the table at Queretaro. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
No deal for Radhi Al-Otaibi at that price
Al Shabab offered $1.5M; Al-Ettifaq 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Al Shabab
Majed Al Shamsi and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Al Shabab rebuffed over Suleman Sani
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Al-Qadisiyah have kept their man, and Al Shabab go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words at Al Shabab training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ondrej Duda is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- Market The Ondrej Duda story refuses to die
- Looking ahead Al Shabab host Al Ahli
- Squad Questions about Faisal Ismail on the training pitch