Abdullah Juma

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42 Edition

The Al Jazira Herald

17 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad17 May 2027

The knee: Nabil Fekir out for 92 days

92 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Al Jazira lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Boardroom17 May 2027

Al Jazira are in Europe

Qualification is done, and next season the floodlights come on for something bigger. A stage for the players, oxygen for the accounts and a passport for everybody else.

Squad17 May 2027

Iago in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Al Jazira this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad17 May 2027

Words at Al Jazira training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Stojan Leković 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.

The dugout17 May 2027

No hiding place for Iago

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Iago, and the manager let it.

Market17 May 2027

The Willyan Rocha story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Willyan Rocha signs something — a contract at Al Jazira or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

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The Al Jazira Herald

19 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout19 Apr 2027

Jassem Abdulla Al-Hammadi keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Al Jazira may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad19 Apr 2027

A row about effort at Al Jazira

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Abdullah Juma was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout19 Apr 2027

No hiding place for Stojan Leković

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Stojan Leković, and the manager let it.

Market19 Apr 2027

Willyan Rocha linked with a move away

The name of Willyan Rocha keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Al Jazira say nothing, which says plenty.

The dugout19 Apr 2027

Richard Akonnor knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Richard Akonnor trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

The dugout19 Apr 2027

Iago has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Iago has written the date down.

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The Al Jazira Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market10 Aug 2026

Mohammed Rabii turns Ismaily down

“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.

Market10 Aug 2026

Al Jazira say no — this time

The offer from Al Shabab for Igor Serrote was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Iago will not be coming to Al Jazira

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Dibba is saying, and nobody at Al Jazira is enjoying the guessing.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Al Jazira

Willyan Rocha 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.

Market10 Aug 2026

Amer Al Menhali steps up from the Al Jazira academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Amer Al Menhali 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

Al Jazira promote Abdullah Juma from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Abdullah Juma 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.

The dugout10 Aug 2026

Igor Serrote gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

The dugout10 Aug 2026

Milson knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Al Jazira, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Kristjan Asllani walks taller at Al Jazira

His past walked in ahead of him. Players who have been where he has been get a hearing in a dressing room before they have earned one, and he has it for as long as his form does.

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