The Sharjah Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Momodou Jatta will not be coming to Sharjah
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Al Jazira is saying, and nobody at Sharjah is enjoying the guessing.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Sharjah bid $690.0K for Malek Janeer
The offer went to Al Wasl this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Sharjah
Kodjo Laba and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Majid Rashid stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Majid Rashid and Sharjah agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market10 Aug 2026
Emirates Club join the queue for Abdalla Ghanim
Add another name to the list: Emirates Club have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Abdalla Ghanim. The answer from Sharjah has not changed — yet.
Market10 Aug 2026
Abdullah Al Shamsi steps up from the Sharjah academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Abdullah Al Shamsi has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sharjah promote Sultan Abdulrahman from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sultan Abdulrahman has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Hassan Juma steps up from the Sharjah academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Hassan Juma has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Too much change too quickly at Sharjah
9 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
In brief
- Squad No place for Iago in the new shape
- The dugout Majid Rashid knocks on the manager's door
- The dugout Luan Pereira keeps his manager's vote