The Al Ahli Post
Market7 Sep 2026
Salem Al Hammadi 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 Ahli can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Window shuts: 9 in, 7 out at Al Ahli
The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 9 arrived, 7 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
Door shut on Marcelo Estigarribia
Al Ahli asked and Unión de Santa Fe said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Graduation day at Al Ahli
4 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.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
The window shuts on the Gilmário Menezes deal
Al Ahli ran out of time with Dibba. The paperwork was open when the deadline passed, and a transfer that was almost done is now a transfer that never happened.
Market7 Sep 2026
Sharjah join the queue for Bandar Hussain
Add another name to the list: Sharjah have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Bandar Hussain. The answer from Al Ahli has not changed — yet.
Market7 Sep 2026
Al Ahli promote Ali Hussain from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ali Hussain 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.
Market7 Sep 2026
Al Ahli promote Sultan Khalfan from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sultan Khalfan 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at Al Ahli training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Salaheddine Benyachou 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.
In brief
- Squad A falling-out at Al Ahli
- Squad Rashid Nader stays put
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Al Ahli