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Al Khaleej Khor Fakkan sign Anis Boujelbene

February 1, 2009

UAE Premier League club Al Khaleej Khor Fakkan have signed Al Ahly’s Tunisian midfielder Anis Boujelbene. According to news reports, Khaleej paid $100,000 to trigger a release clause in Boujelbene’s contract. The 30 year old Boujelbene, who will celebrate his 31st birthday on February 6, was on the lookout for a new club after not … Read more

Srecko to coach Al Wasl

October 6, 2008

Dubai based Al Wasl FC have announced that former Rijeka player Srecko Juricic will be their new manager. Juricic replaces another Czech coach, Miroslav Beránek, whose contract was terminated by the management of the club in September. Beranek coached Hungary’s Debrecen before taking over at Al Wasl.

Peter Reid set to take charge of Thailand national football team

July 9, 2008

Former Manchester City and Leeds manager Peter Reid is set to take over the reins of the Thai national team, thereby marking his return to management after three and a half years. Reid was last in charge of Coventry City, but left them in January 2005 after spending just eight months with the Sky Blues.

Should Reid accept the four year contract being offered to him, he will succeed Chanvit Phalajivin, who resigned after Thailand failed to qualify for the 2010 World Cup. Thailand were in Group 2 in the Third Round of Asian qualifying, but finished at the bottom after losing five out of their six games. They only managed to draw with Bahrain, and let in fourteen goals.