The Al-Batin Herald
Market7 Sep 2026
Yousef Fawaz asks to leave Al-Batin
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Al-Batin close the window on a squad of their own making
17 in and 2 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Al-Batin told to sell
The instruction came from the boardroom and the dugout did not agree with it. Somebody will go, the fee will be called good business, and the manager will spend the season rebuilding around the space.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Abdulla Mohamed
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Isaías Rodríguez is the month’s best young player
At 21 he was better than everybody his age in the division for four weeks running, which is harder than one good afternoon. Al-Batin will try not to make too much of it.
Market7 Sep 2026
11 months and counting on Abdulla Mohamed
Still no offer on the table, and Abdulla Mohamed’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Isaías Rodríguez named in the team of the month
A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Isaías Rodríguez is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The armband comes off Mazyad Freeh
Al-Batin will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
Abdulbasit Hawsawi asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- Squad Abdulbasit Hawsawi moves up the pecking order
- Market The shop window has Khaled Al-Khathlan in it
- Market The window shut and Qusai Al-Khaibari is still in the building