Sultan Omar

Left Midfielder - Sharjah
25 Feb 2029
Sunday
Process

Marked for Sultan Omar

97 Edition

The Sharjah Chronicle

5 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Sharjah turn down Baniyas for Luan Pereira

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

The dugout

Chris Bedia keeps the receipts

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

Transfer targets

Fee done, terms next for Gilmário Menezes

Sharjah and Dibba have settled on $1.6M. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.

Transfer targets

Milson is a medical away from Sharjah

The deal with Al Jazira 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.

Squad

Tempers go at Sharjah

Kodjo Laba 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.

Squad

Real improvement from Sultan Omar at Sharjah

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Sultan Omar is 16, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad

A row about effort at Sharjah

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

The dugout

Sharjah keep their word to Luan Pereira

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

Squad

The armband comes off Adel Al-Hosani

Sharjah will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.

In brief

Back issues
60 Edition

The Sharjah Chronicle

20 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Adel Taarabt 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 The request is on a desk at Sharjah, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

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.

Squad

A row about effort at Sharjah

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

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Firas Ben Larbi

Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Sultan Omar signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Sultan Omar commits to Sharjah for another 3 years.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Cho Yu-Min

15 defensive actions and a clean sheet at the end of them. A defender's afternoon can only be told by what did not happen, which is why nobody makes a highlights package out of one and every manager in the division would take it.

The dugout

Nasser Al Suwaidi on the point

“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Nasser Al Suwaidi after the 0‑0 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.

Match

Sharjah and Al Fujairah cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Al Fujairah came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

The dugout

Majid Rashid has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Sharjah will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

In brief