The Damac Gazette
Market7 Aug 2028
Hassan Rabea 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 Damac can pretend not to have heard.
Squad7 Aug 2028
Tempers go at Damac
Jonathan Okita 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.
Squad7 Aug 2028
Real improvement from Augusto Subirats at Damac
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Augusto Subirats is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad7 Aug 2028
A late step up for Kewin
At 33 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Squad7 Aug 2028
Riyadh Sharahili out for 23 days
The medical room confirms 23 days on the sidelines for Riyadh Sharahili, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market7 Aug 2028
Damac sign Davis Stolcers, one for the future
Davis Stolcers is 19, and Damac have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
In brief
- Market Damac buy the years ahead of Dimitrij Bayramov
- Market No place for Amidou Traoré in the plan
- Boardroom Damac keep producing them