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The Dibba Gazette

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

Rodrigo turns down Dibba

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Al Wasl keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Market31 Aug 2026

Abdallah Al-Blooshi 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 The request is on a desk at Dibba, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

Dibba rebuffed over Rilwanu Sarki

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Al Ain have kept their man, and Dibba go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Dibba

Andrigo and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

Too dear: Dibba walk away from Gabriel Vareta

$120.0K was the most the club would pay and Al Wasl were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Words at Dibba training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Álex Fernández 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.

Market31 Aug 2026

Al Dhafra join the queue for Mayed Al-Teneiji

Add another name to the list: Al Dhafra have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Mayed Al-Teneiji. The answer from Dibba has not changed — yet.

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

Dibba ask about Fredy Colmán

A loan enquiry to Olimpia: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

Looking ahead31 Aug 2026

Abdelaziz Mohamed faces his old club

Al Wahda next, and one man in the Dibba dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.

In brief

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4 Edition

The Dibba Gazette

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market24 Aug 2026

Dibba say no — this time

The offer from Al Jazira for Saymon was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Market24 Aug 2026

Evans Ampofo 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 Dibba, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Dibba bid $1.2M for Rodrigo

The offer went to Al Wasl this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Dibba

Andrigo 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.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Dibba bid $33.0K for Gabriel Vareta

The offer went to Al Wasl this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Squad24 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Dibba

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

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Door shut on Lautaro Torres

Dibba asked and Temperley said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad24 Aug 2026

No place for Nasser Obaid in the new shape

He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Dibba are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.

Market24 Aug 2026

Ali Al-Dhanhani is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Dibba has been clear about where Ali Al-Dhanhani stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief

3 Edition

The Dibba Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

The paperwork begins on Nasser Obaid

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Dibba have done the hard part with Al Shaab, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Andrigo 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 Dibba this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market17 Aug 2026

Business is business: Iago goes

Sharjah paid $190.0K and Dibba took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Colón tell Dibba: Iván Ojeda is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Dibba try to borrow Lautaro Torres

Temperley have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

Squad17 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Dibba

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

In brief

2 Edition

The Dibba Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market10 Aug 2026

Not going: Saymon stays at Dibba

“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Al Jazira had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.

Squad10 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Dibba

Abdulla Abdullayev and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Dibba baulk at the price for Nasser Obaid

Al Shaab wanted more than $99.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Words at Dibba training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Álex Fernández 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.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Dibba rebuffed over Abdullah Al Suwaidi

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Al Shabab have kept their man, and Dibba go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market10 Aug 2026

Khalid Al Naqbi steps up from the Dibba academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Khalid Al Naqbi has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

In brief

1 Edition

The Dibba Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad3 Aug 2026

A career in one shirt: Mohammed Rowaihy

11 seasons and 180 appearances, all of them here. Careers like this are not designed; they happen to a certain kind of man at a certain kind of club, and this town has one.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Álex Fernández signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Álex Fernández commits to Dibba for another 2 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Dibba

Andrigo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Words at Dibba training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Álex Fernández 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.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Dibba rebuffed over Ian Vera

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Estudiantes have kept their man, and Dibba go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market3 Aug 2026

Dibba and Álex Fernández 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.

In brief