Khamis Naser

Central Midfielder - Al-Diriyah
29 Aug 2027
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Marked for Khamis Naser

54 Edition

The Al-Diriyah Sentinel

9 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad9 Aug 2027

A knee injury of the worst kind for Berat Djimsiti

26 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Al-Diriyah lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad9 Aug 2027

41 days out for Ali Al-Otaibi after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Al-Diriyah will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

The dugout9 Aug 2027

Nawaf Al-Zaaqi says Al-Diriyah went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market9 Aug 2027

Khamis Naser asks to leave Al-Diriyah

“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.

Market9 Aug 2027

Al-Diriyah say no — this time

The offer from Al-Taawoun for Nawaf Al-Zaaqi was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Market9 Aug 2027

Khaled Al-Asbahi is a Al-Diriyah player

The fee is $130.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Al-Riyadh drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Squad9 Aug 2027

Bader Al-Omair is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad9 Aug 2027

Words exchanged at Al-Diriyah

Marwan Al-Haidari and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Market9 Aug 2027

Al-Ra'ed are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Al-Diriyah will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

In brief

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50 Edition

The Al-Diriyah Sentinel

12 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad12 Jul 2027

Berat Djimsiti damages knee ligaments — 54 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 54 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Market12 Jul 2027

Al-Diriyah turn down Al-Hilal for Óscar

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market12 Jul 2027

Khamis Naser hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Al-Diriyah can pretend not to have heard.

Market12 Jul 2027

Meshari Al-Nemer moves on

Al-Khaleej pay $2.5M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Market12 Jul 2027

Eyes on Ziyad Al-Qahtani again

The phone has started ringing about Ziyad Al-Qahtani again, and this time the name on the line is Al-Faisaly. Al-Diriyah are listening politely and promising nothing.

Transfer targets12 Jul 2027

The paperwork begins on Faisal Al-Sobhi

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Al-Diriyah have done the hard part with Al-Riyadh, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Squad12 Jul 2027

Words exchanged at Al-Diriyah

Óscar and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Transfer targets12 Jul 2027

Door shut on Njabulo Hlongwane

Al-Diriyah asked and Al-Jeel said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

The dugout12 Jul 2027

The manager makes an example of Ziyad Al-Qahtani

“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.

In brief

46 Edition

The Al-Diriyah Sentinel

14 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market14 Jun 2027

Terms done: Abdullah Al-Dossari is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Al-Fayha waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Al-Diriyah is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

Squad14 Jun 2027

A fracture rules Moataz Al-Baqawi out for 15 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Al-Diriyah will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market14 Jun 2027

Al-Diriyah turn down Al-Khaleej for Clayton Diandy

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market14 Jun 2027

Chancel Mbemba wants more than Al-Diriyah are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Market14 Jun 2027

Al-Diriyah sell Taher Wadi for $1.3M

Taher Wadi has left for Al-Ittihad in a $1.3M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Squad14 Jun 2027

Real improvement from Khamis Naser at Al-Diriyah

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Khamis Naser is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad14 Jun 2027

Al-Diriyah lose Ali Al-Otaibi

38 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Transfer targets14 Jun 2027

Door shut on Abdullah Otayf

Al-Diriyah asked and Al-Ra'ed said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad14 Jun 2027

Words at Al-Diriyah training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Hussain Al-Qahtani is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

In brief