The Al Wasl Courier
Squad7 Sep 2026
Atiq Esam breaks a bone — 36 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 36 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market7 Sep 2026
Souleymane Tambadou 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 Wasl can pretend not to have heard.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Al Wasl
Renato Tapia 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 Sep 2026
Real improvement from Abdulla Ahmed at Al Wasl
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Abdulla Ahmed is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Graduation day at Al Wasl
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market7 Sep 2026
The Siaka Sidibé conversation is coming
Everyone has stopped pretending: Ghazl El Mahalla will make the call about Siaka Sidibé this week. Al Wasl have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
Market7 Sep 2026
Ahmed Al Junaibi steps up from the Al Wasl academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ahmed Al Junaibi 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.
Market7 Sep 2026
Rashid Juma steps up from the Al Wasl academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rashid 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Adryelson falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- Player ratings A masterclass from Tahnoon Hamdan
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Lisandro Piñero
- Match Honours even between Al Wasl and Sharjah