The team of the Premier League of the OAF, the club Al-Wasl, has begun to improve its success during the winter transfer window, gaining a boost in spirit with a major victory over Al-Nasr in the derby last week. This allowed "Imperator" to raise its rating to 24 points and take a seat in the tournament table.
The "Lefties" are betting on the permanence, established by the club during the winter transfer window, to save the season in the local championship after the team significantly lagged behind securing the title of league champions, achieved in the last season. Additionally, the club is trying in the President's Cup, and they are competing with the club Al-Jazeera in the President's Cup Qualifiers.
The Al-Wasl team aims to retain the title in the cup, secured in the last season by defeating Al-Nasr in the final without conceding goals. It also hopes to win the Professional Championship for the first time in its history, after having reached the final only once in the 2017-2018 season, losing to the club Al-Wahda.
"Imperator" has the chance to win three trophies this current season after victory in the match for the Super Cup of Qatar and the OAF over the as-Sadd club with a score of 1:0 in Doha. Despite the limited transfer maneuvers of the club, they brought a radical solution to the problems of the team in the first half of the season. Brazilian João Pedro became the standout of the winter transfer window for all league clubs, scoring three goals in the first three matches of the championship, scoring one goal in the Calba goal and two in the Al-Dhafra goal.
On the other side, the "Lefties" signed a goalkeeper from Marokko Ansa, who is a Zenit player, so that he could participate in the international tournaments. The Al-Wasl club advanced to the Round of 16 of the Asian Champions League.
On the background of the acquisition of foreign players, "Imperator" has signed the young player from the Uruguayan youth team, Valentín, and transferred the player from Al-Nasr, Bilal al-Jazmi, to the second team. At the same time, the club parted ways with Swiss midfielder Haris Seferović, who transitioned to the Al-Nasr club and also ended the loan of Nigerian forward Isaac Saxis, who joined the club during the summer transfer window on the terms of a free agent after the termination of the contract with the Italian Udinese. Additionally, the club excluded from the list the Serbian player Srđan Milović from the second team of the season.
Thus, the steps of Al-Wasl in the winter transfer market were aimed at strengthening the squad and improving the playing form, which may help the club fight for trophies in the current season. However, the chances of the team to win in the national championship are quite slim, considering its current position with 24 points.
