“Winter” transfers start today.. 5 clubs need big changes

Starting from today until the 11th of next February, the Football Association begins the second “winter” transfer period for local and foreign players, during which the clubs seek to support their ranks with new players, with expectations that the broad changes will include five teams, including Al Ain and Al Wasl, competitors for the positions. Advanced, in addition to Al-Orouba, Dibba Al-Hisn and Al-Batayeh competing in Al-Qaa.

But the players’ agent, Walid Al Shamsi, considered that most of the 14 ADNOC Professional League clubs need to support their ranks in varying proportions and according to the ambitions of each club and its place in the competition. He told “Emirates Today”: “In general, and during the winter transfer market that begins today, with the exception of… Al Ain, which needs to replace a large number of players, for the rest of the clubs, such as Baniyas and Ajman, also needs to attract three to four new players if it wants to make changes in the second round of the league, while other teams The last positions are in need of great work and radical changes, such as Al-Orouba team, which is in last place with only three points, and its situation is very difficult, as it won only one match out of 12 matches it played, and the same is true for Dibba Al-Hisn, which is in second-to-last place and has only six points, and also Al-Bataeh. In 12th place with eight points.

He added: “As for Sharjah, which leads the league with 31 points, its conditions are considered good, and the team includes elements and quality of good players such as Caio Lucas, Luan Pereira, Marcos Meloni, Shaheen Abdul Rahman, goalkeeper Adel Al Hosani, as well as the Brazilian Guilherme (Peru), and the team in general is performing well, but it needs a player.” Only one person to help the offensive line, and that is in place of Paco Alcacer if he leaves.”

Al-Shamsi continued: “At the level of Shabab Al-Ahly, which is in second place with 29 points, it has performed very well this season and has distinguished players, as there are distinguished players Sardar Azmoun, Luca, Federico Cartabia and other distinguished elements, and the team also has excellent resident players, and they have Shabab Al-Ahly only needs one player. As for Al-Wahda, which occupies third place with 22 points, it is doing well and has a good group of players, such as Omar Khribin and others. But he needs to attract more than one player in more than one position.”

Regarding the Al-Nasr team, which is in fourth place with 22 points, Al-Shamsi said, “It has good players such as Ali Mabkhout, Adel Taarabt, Costain Amzar, and Marwan Azraqan, but it also needs to attract a large group of players and needs great work by the coach.”

Al Shamsi continued: “The Al Jazira team, which is in fifth place with 21 points, also includes good players, but it also needs some changes. As for the sixth Al Ain team, it includes distinguished players such as Sufyan Rahimi, Laba Kodjo, Matthews and Eric, but it needs many changes, no less than Change from three to four players if he wants to return to the confrontation again as a champion. Currently, the team relies a lot on the resident players, but most of them did not make a difference.

He continued: “As for the Al-Wasl team, which holds the title and is in seventh place so far with 17 points, its circumstances are difficult this season,” pointing out that there are teams whose conditions appear to be good, but they need some changes in their ranks, starting with Ittihad Kalba, which is in eighth place with 17 points, as well as Khor Fakkan is ninth with 14 points, Ajman is tenth with 10 points, and Baniyas is in 11th place.