The Al-Njoom Post
Boardroom22 May 2028
Pressure builds in the Al-Njoom boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Squad22 May 2028
Shadrack Kobedi breaks a bone — 37 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 37 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market22 May 2028
Only the photograph left for Abdulmajeed Ayash
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Abdulmajeed Ayash will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Al-Njoom the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad22 May 2028
Words at Al-Njoom training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Prince Ibara 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.
Squad22 May 2028
A falling-out at Al-Njoom
Amer Khalil and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market22 May 2028
Al-Njoom sign Mohammed Al-Salem, one for the future
Mohammed Al-Salem is 18, and Al-Njoom have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Squad22 May 2028
Mohammed Al-Salem signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mohammed Al-Salem commits to Al-Njoom for another 3 years.
Market22 May 2028
Abdulmajeed Ayash runs his contract down
1 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Al-Njoom money.
Market22 May 2028
Prince Ibara linked with a move away
The name of Prince Ibara keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Al-Njoom say nothing, which says plenty.
In brief
- The dugout Shadrack Kobedi asks for a word with the manager
- Loan watch The goals keep arriving from Safi Al-Zaqarty’s exile
- The dugout The manager comes out for Malik Hamza