The Al-Taawoun Chronicle
Market3 Aug 2026
Al-Ra'ed come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Al-Taawoun did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market3 Aug 2026
Roger Martínez wants European nights
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Musa Barrow signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Musa Barrow and Al-Taawoun agree another 4 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Al-Taawoun
Musa Barrow 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Aschraf El Mahdioui falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market3 Aug 2026
Talks stall between Al-Taawoun and Aschraf El Mahdioui
“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.
In brief
- Squad Marin Petkov knocks on the manager’s door
- Market Nobody at Al-Taawoun has picked up the phone to Mohammed Al-Kuwaykibi