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Match13 Nov 2027
No end in sight to Al-Jeel 's wait for a win
16 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Al-Jeel has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad15 Nov 2027
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Al-Jeel have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad15 Nov 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Match6 Nov 2027
No end in sight to Al-Jeel 's wait for a win
15 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Al-Jeel has to find a result from somewhere.
Match8 Nov 2027
Al-Jeel sink to position 159 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market8 Nov 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The terraces8 Nov 2027
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 6 of the 27 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Match6 Nov 2027
Al-Hazem left with the points after a 2-4 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad8 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Haythem Ayouni
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Uneasy
Match30 Oct 2027
No end in sight to Al-Jeel 's wait for a win
14 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Al-Jeel has to find a result from somewhere.
Boardroom1 Nov 2027
212% of the income goes out in wages at Al-Jeel
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad1 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Sofiane Dia
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Sofiane Dia The manager makes an example of Sofiane Dia
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Uneasy
Match23 Oct 2027
No end in sight to Al-Jeel 's wait for a win
13 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Al-Jeel has to find a result from somewhere.
Market25 Oct 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Kattê gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Uneasy
Match16 Oct 2027
No end in sight to Al-Jeel 's wait for a win
12 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Al-Jeel has to find a result from somewhere.
Match16 Oct 2027
A 1-1 draw with Damac leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad18 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Julian Montero
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Uneasy
Match9 Oct 2027
No end in sight to Al-Jeel 's wait for a win
11 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Al-Jeel has to find a result from somewhere.
Match11 Oct 2027
Al-Jeel are in real trouble nowPosition 15, 6 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad11 Oct 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Crisis
Match2 Oct 2027
No end in sight to Al-Jeel 's wait for a win
10 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Al-Jeel has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Haythem Ayouni commits to Al-Jeel for another 2 years.
Match2 Oct 2027
1-2 to Al-Riyadh , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Boardroom4 Oct 2027
218% of the income goes out in wages at Al-Jeel
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market4 Oct 2027
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
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Uneasy
Match25 Sep 2027
No end in sight to Al-Jeel 's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Al-Jeel has to find a result from somewhere.
Market27 Sep 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad27 Sep 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Match15 Sep 2027
The cup run ends for Al-Jeel
0-2 against Al-Taawoun , and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Match18 Sep 2027
No end in sight to Al-Jeel 's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Al-Jeel has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
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Uneasy
Match11 Sep 2027
6 matches without a win for Al-Jeel
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Al-Jeel are no longer polite ones.
Market13 Sep 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad13 Sep 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match11 Sep 2027
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad13 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Bader Al-Omair
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad13 Sep 2027
The shirt belongs to Ali Makki now
At 28 he has made the position his own, and the man he took it from has to find something to say about it. Al-Jeel have a decision that made itself.
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Crisis
Match4 Sep 2027
5 matches without a win for Al-Jeel
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Al-Jeel are no longer polite ones.
Squad6 Sep 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
Wages eat 217% of everything Al-Jeel earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Yazan Jari Yazan Jari says Al-Jeel went back on their word
Squad6 Sep 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match4 Sep 2027
0-1 to Al-Faisaly , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Loan watch6 Sep 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Al-Jeel , and 1 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.
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Uneasy
Match28 Aug 2027
4 matches without a win for Al-Jeel
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Al-Jeel are no longer polite ones.
Squad30 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Ali Makki
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match28 Aug 2027
A 1-1 draw with Al-Saudi Al-Watani leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Ali Makki The manager makes an example of Ali Makki
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Squad23 Aug 2027
There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad23 Aug 2027
70 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad23 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Osama Al-Johar
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Market16 Aug 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market16 Aug 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market16 Aug 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market16 Aug 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
Al-Jeel board go back on their wordSomething was promised, a deadline passed, and it did not arrive. Trust inside a football club is built over years and spent in an afternoon.
Squad16 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Thamer Al-Arjan
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Uneasy
Market9 Aug 2027
Aldo Dini 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-Jeel can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom9 Aug 2027
Wages eat 171% of everything Al-Jeel earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Bader Al-Omair and Al-Jeel agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Aldo Dini Aldo Dini hands in a written request
Market9 Aug 2027
He is 20, and nobody at Al-Jeel signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Sfundo Shezi asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Squad2 Aug 2027
The medical room confirms 110 days on the sidelines for Naif Al-Howaitan , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad2 Aug 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Bader Al-Omair commits to Al-Jeel for another 3 years.
Market2 Aug 2027
Al-Jeel and Ali Makki are talking past each other“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
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Uneasy
Squad26 Jul 2027
The medical room confirms 99 days on the sidelines for Abdullah Al-Suwaie , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market26 Jul 2027
The name of Redha Al-Abdullah has come up in conversations Al-Jeel were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad26 Jul 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Al-Jeel , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Market19 Jul 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market19 Jul 2027
Al-Jeel have made Abdullah Al-Suwaie available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Abdullah Al-Suwaie has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Market12 Jul 2027
“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-Jeel can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom12 Jul 2027
202% of the income goes out in wages at Al-Jeel
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Market12 Jul 2027
Naft Tehran are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. Al-Jeel will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
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Market5 Jul 2027
$1.1M — a new record at Al-Jeel
No footballer has ever cost this club more, and the number will be read out every time he misplaces a pass for the next two years.
Market5 Jul 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market5 Jul 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Al-Jeel have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Market5 Jul 2027
Al-Saudi Al-Watani pay $77.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad5 Jul 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad5 Jul 2027
“Ask me in the summer. I will know before anybody else does.” He is 35 with 2 appearances behind him, and Al-Jeel have to plan for both answers.
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Squad28 Jun 2027
Sfundo Shezi gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market28 Jun 2027
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Al-Jeel will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad28 Jun 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Al-Jeel , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Market21 Jun 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Sfundo Shezi 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 Al-Jeel , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad21 Jun 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market21 Jun 2027
Experience through the door at Al-Jeel
Amer Al-Bakheet arrives at 35 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
Squad21 Jun 2027
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Mohamed Al-Mazrouei keeps the shirt for now, at Al-Jeel 's convenience rather than his own.
Market21 Jun 2027
A season-long audition: Al-Faisaly still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are Al-Jeel 's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.
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Market14 Jun 2027
“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-Jeel can pretend not to have heard.
Market14 Jun 2027
Omar Al-Subaie has left for Al-Njoom in a $5.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Boardroom14 Jun 2027
242% of the income goes out in wages at Al-Jeel
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
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Market7 Jun 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad7 Jun 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market7 Jun 2027
Aldo Dini is 20, and Al-Jeel 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.
Kattê Kattê asks to leave Al-Jeel
Squad7 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Hussein Al-Tuti
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad7 Jun 2027
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Haythem Ayouni keeps the shirt for now, at Al-Jeel 's convenience rather than his own.
Market7 Jun 2027
The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Mohamed Al-Mazrouei arrives at Al-Jeel with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.
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Squad31 May 2027
Hussein Al-Tuti asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad31 May 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Haythem Ayouni has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Squad24 May 2027
37 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad24 May 2027
Kattê gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market24 May 2027
Al-Jeel have made Abdullah Al-Suwaie available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Uneasy
Boardroom17 May 2027
271% of the income goes out in wages at Al-Jeel
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad17 May 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad17 May 2027
Kattê 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 Al-Jeel , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Market10 May 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad10 May 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad10 May 2027
Kattê asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Squad3 May 2027
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Al-Jeel have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad3 May 2027
Al-Jeel ’s own kid cannot get a gameAt 30, Hicham Nouali has come through every age group this club has, and now watches a borrowed player of much the same level start every week. An academy notices these things, and so do the parents in the stand.
Squad3 May 2027
“Ask me in the summer. I will know before anybody else does.” He is 37 with 0 appearances behind him, and Al-Jeel have to plan for both answers.
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Squad26 Apr 2027
Kattê out for 66 daysThe medical room confirms 66 days on the sidelines for Kattê , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad26 Apr 2027
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad26 Apr 2027
The manager comes out for Kattê
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Kattê has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Kattê Kattê out for 66 days
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Market19 Apr 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
235% of the income goes out in wages at Al-Jeel
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad19 Apr 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Market12 Apr 2027
“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-Jeel can pretend not to have heard.
Squad12 Apr 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Anaël Bakaki asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Market5 Apr 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Belal Al-Dawaa : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Al-Jeel have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Kattê gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Kattê Kattê asks to leave Al-Jeel
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Market29 Mar 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad29 Mar 2027
94 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad29 Mar 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
Squad
Kattê knocks on the manager's door
Squad
The manager comes out for Sfundo Shezi
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Uneasy
Boardroom22 Mar 2027
191% of the income goes out in wages at Al-Jeel
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad22 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Anaël Bakaki
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Kattê asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Squad15 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Osama Al-Johar
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Sfundo Shezi asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad15 Mar 2027
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Angelo Gironda plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Market8 Mar 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad8 Mar 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Haythem Ayouni and Al-Jeel agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Haythem Ayouni
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Market1 Mar 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad1 Mar 2027
122 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad1 Mar 2027
The medical room confirms 34 days on the sidelines for Sfundo Shezi , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
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Crisis
Match20 Feb 2027
No end in sight to Al-Jeel 's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Al-Jeel has to find a result from somewhere.
Market22 Feb 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Hussein Al-Tuti : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Al-Jeel have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Boardroom22 Feb 2027
Wages eat 152% of everything Al-Jeel earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad22 Feb 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match20 Feb 2027
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
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Match13 Feb 2027
No end in sight to Al-Jeel 's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Al-Jeel has to find a result from somewhere.
Match13 Feb 2027
0-2 to Al-Orobah , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad15 Feb 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Market8 Feb 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match6 Feb 2027
No end in sight to Al-Jeel 's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Al-Jeel has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad8 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Belal Al-Dawaa
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match6 Feb 2027
A 1-1 draw with Al-Batin leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Kattê asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Al-Jeel ’s own kid cannot get a gameAt 35, Haythem Ayouni has come through every age group this club has, and now watches a borrowed player of much the same level start every week. An academy notices these things, and so do the parents in the stand.
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Uneasy
Market1 Feb 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match30 Jan 2027
No end in sight to Al-Jeel 's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Al-Jeel has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Kattê out for 151 daysThe medical room confirms 151 days on the sidelines for Kattê , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Naif Al-Howaitan : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Al-Jeel have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad1 Feb 2027
The medical room confirms 62 days on the sidelines for Sfundo Shezi , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad1 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Julian Weigl
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Uneasy
Market25 Jan 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match23 Jan 2027
No end in sight to Al-Jeel 's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Al-Jeel has to find a result from somewhere.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
181% of the income goes out in wages at Al-Jeel
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad25 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Haythem Ayouni
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match23 Jan 2027
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Al-Njoom came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Squad25 Jan 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Al-Jeel , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Crisis
Squad18 Jan 2027
Angelo Gironda : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Al-Jeel have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market18 Jan 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match16 Jan 2027
No end in sight to Al-Jeel 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Al-Jeel has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad18 Jan 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match16 Jan 2027
Al-Riyadh left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad18 Jan 2027
14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Crisis
Match9 Jan 2027
Beaten 0-3 by Al-Diriyah , and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Market11 Jan 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad11 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Belal Al-Dawaa
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Uneasy
Market4 Jan 2027
“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-Jeel can pretend not to have heard.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The medical room confirms 90 days on the sidelines for Sfundo Shezi , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Anaël Bakaki gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match2 Jan 2027
A 3-3 draw with Al-Nahda leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Saif Rashad finally opens his accountHe wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Al-Jeel have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Kattê is not saying it is over“Ask me in the summer. I will know before anybody else does.” He is 36 with 18 appearances behind him, and Al-Jeel have to plan for both answers.
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Crisis
Market28 Dec 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
Wages eat 425% of everything Al-Jeel earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Match26 Dec 2026
0-2 to Al-Hazem , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
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Uneasy
Squad21 Dec 2026
There were 10 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad21 Dec 2026
The match ball belongs to Nafea Al-Sumairi , whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Squad21 Dec 2026
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Al-Jeel have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
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Uneasy
Match12 Dec 2026
6 matches without a win for Al-Jeel
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Al-Jeel are no longer polite ones.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Kattê gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match12 Dec 2026
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Kattê Kattê gets it from the manager
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Uneasy
Market7 Dec 2026
“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-Jeel can pretend not to have heard.
Match5 Dec 2026
5 matches without a win for Al-Jeel
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Al-Jeel are no longer polite ones.
Squad7 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Osama Al-Johar
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Uneasy
Market30 Nov 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match28 Nov 2026
4 matches without a win for Al-Jeel
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Al-Jeel are no longer polite ones.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
510% of the income goes out in wages at Al-Jeel
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad30 Nov 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad30 Nov 2026
16 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match28 Nov 2026
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Al-Ta'ee came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
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Crisis
Squad23 Nov 2026
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match21 Nov 2026
Al-Ettifaq left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad23 Nov 2026
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Uneasy
Squad16 Nov 2026
Kattê gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match14 Nov 2026
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Anaël Bakaki 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 Al-Jeel , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Kattê Kattê gets it from the manager
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Uneasy
Market9 Nov 2026
“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-Jeel can pretend not to have heard.
Squad9 Nov 2026
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad9 Nov 2026
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Uneasy
Market2 Nov 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad2 Nov 2026
The medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for Anaël Bakaki , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
510% of the income goes out in wages at Al-Jeel
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad2 Nov 2026
44 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match31 Oct 2026
Al-Orobah made Al-Jeel work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad2 Nov 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Crisis
Match24 Oct 2026
9 matches without a win for Al-Jeel
The run now stands at 9, and the questions being asked around Al-Jeel are no longer polite ones.
Squad26 Oct 2026
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Al-Jeel have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match24 Oct 2026
0-1 to Al-Batin , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
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Uneasy
Match17 Oct 2026
8 matches without a win for Al-Jeel
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Al-Jeel are no longer polite ones.
Squad19 Oct 2026
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match17 Oct 2026
A 1-1 draw with Damac leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
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Crisis
Match10 Oct 2026
7 matches without a win for Al-Jeel
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Al-Jeel are no longer polite ones.
Squad12 Oct 2026
16 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match10 Oct 2026
1-3 to Al-Njoom , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
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Crisis
Match3 Oct 2026
6 matches without a win for Al-Jeel
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Al-Jeel are no longer polite ones.
Squad5 Oct 2026
44 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
Wages eat 937% of everything Al-Jeel earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Match3 Oct 2026
Al-Riyadh left with the points after a 0-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad5 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Haythem Ayouni
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Al-Jeel ’s own kid cannot get a gameAt 35, Haythem Ayouni has come through every age group this club has, and now watches a borrowed player of much the same level start every week. An academy notices these things, and so do the parents in the stand.
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Crisis
Match26 Sep 2026
5 matches without a win for Al-Jeel
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Al-Jeel are no longer polite ones.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match26 Sep 2026
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
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Crisis
Squad21 Sep 2026
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match19 Sep 2026
4 matches without a win for Al-Jeel
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Al-Jeel are no longer polite ones.
Match19 Sep 2026
Beaten 0-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
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Crisis
Match9 Sep 2026
Al-Jeel bow out of the cupAl-Ahli go through and Al-Jeel go home, 1-2 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Market14 Sep 2026
“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-Jeel can pretend not to have heard.
Match12 Sep 2026
Beaten 0-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad14 Sep 2026
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
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Steady
Market7 Sep 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad7 Sep 2026
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Wages eat 516% of everything Al-Jeel earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Anaël Bakaki
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match5 Sep 2026
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Al-Fayha came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Squad7 Sep 2026
“I will know when it is time. I am not there yet.” Mohammed Al-Nafisah is 35, with 1 appearances behind him, and Al-Jeel will have to plan for whichever answer comes.
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Upbeat
Match29 Aug 2026
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 3-0 against Al-Saudi Al-Watani , and it could have been more.
Market31 Aug 2026
“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-Jeel can pretend not to have heard.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Angelo Gironda
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market31 Aug 2026
Al-Jeel have made Ibrahim Al-Hafith available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Hussein Al-Tuti asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad31 Aug 2026
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Al-Jeel have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Kattê has company in his positionThe competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Kattê keeps the shirt for now, at Al-Jeel 's convenience rather than his own.
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Steady
The terraces24 Aug 2026
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 5 of the 24 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Angelo Gironda commits to Al-Jeel for another 4 years.
Match22 Aug 2026
0-2 to Al-Mojzel , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad24 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Haythem Ayouni
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad24 Aug 2026
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Belal Al-Dawaa knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Market24 Aug 2026
Angelo Gironda is 20, and Al-Jeel 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.
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Triumph
Match15 Aug 2026
Al-Ta'ee made Al-Jeel work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market17 Aug 2026
He is 16, and nobody at Al-Jeel signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
He is 16, and nobody at Al-Jeel signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
He is 16, and nobody at Al-Jeel signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
He is 16, and nobody at Al-Jeel signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
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Steady
Squad10 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Sfundo Shezi commits to Al-Jeel for another 4 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Market10 Aug 2026
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Al-Jeel has been clear about where Hussain Halawani stands, which is more than many ever get.
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Steady
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Haythem Ayouni and Al-Jeel agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market3 Aug 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad3 Aug 2026
It is a strip of cloth and it decides nothing on a Saturday. It still tells the dressing room exactly whose opinion the manager values, which is the whole point of it.