The Al Jazira Herald
Squad24 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Omar Nader
19 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Al Jazira lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market24 Aug 2026
Al Jazira turn down Al Wahda for Mamadou Coulibaly
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Mateo Karamatić will not be coming to Al Jazira
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Al Nasr is saying, and nobody at Al Jazira is enjoying the guessing.
Market24 Aug 2026
Al Jazira may not be able to give Malcom what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Malcom wants continental football; whether Al Jazira can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Al Jazira
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Vinicius Mello was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market24 Aug 2026
The Malcom story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Malcom signs something — a contract at Al Jazira or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- Market The shop window has Abdulla Al-Hammadi in it
- The dugout Abdalla Ramadan keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Word from the training ground: Abdalla Ramadan
- Squad Welcome back, Layth Gulzar