The Al Shabab Post
Squad6 Sep 2027
Salem Al Kamali damages knee ligaments — 14 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 14 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market6 Sep 2027
Ismail Saeed’s move to Al Jazira falls through
The deal that would have taken Ismail Saeed to Al Jazira has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Al Shabab with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Market6 Sep 2027
Bandar Suqrat puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Al Shabab, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets6 Sep 2027
Diogo Capitão is a medical away from Al Shabab
The deal with Emirates Club is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
Al Shabab close the window on a squad of their own making
18 in and 16 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Tempers go at Al Shabab
Walid Rashid 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.
Market6 Sep 2027
Saymon is a Al Shabab player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
Graduation day at Al Shabab
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.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Junior Onana wants to go home
“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Al Shabab can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.
In brief
- Transfer targets Al Shabab rebuffed over Jônatas
- Market Al Shabab promote Hamdan Obaid from within
- Boardroom Al Shabab let a promise lapse