The Sharjah Chronicle
Squad12 Oct 2026
The step up is real for Leandrinho
At 21 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Charles Pickel 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 Sharjah this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A row about effort at Sharjah
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mayed Saeed was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market12 Oct 2026
The Firas Ben Larbi story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Firas Ben Larbi signs something — a contract at Sharjah or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Market12 Oct 2026
Still no ink between Sharjah and Adel Taarabt
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Sharjah, another week without a signature from Adel Taarabt.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Rafael Pereira 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 Sharjah, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Squad Darwish Ben Habib wants to know why he earns less
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: the trip to Al Shaab
- The dugout The manager comes out for Charles Pickel