The Al-Nassr Sentinel
Squad24 Aug 2026
A one-man rearguard from Nawaf Al-Aqidi
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market24 Aug 2026
Hayder Abdulkareem asks to leave Al-Nassr
“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.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Mohamed Simakan pops up at the right end — 7.70
7.70, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Kingsley Coman in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Al-Nassr this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Marcelo Brozović was immovable
22 times he got in the way of something. Centre-halves get written about when they make mistakes and ignored when they do not, so an afternoon like this needs saying out loud: he is the reason the scoreline reads as it does.
Market24 Aug 2026
Al-Saudi Al-Watani join the queue for Muhannad Barah
Add another name to the list: Al-Saudi Al-Watani have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Muhannad Barah. The answer from Al-Nassr has not changed — yet.
Match22 Aug 2026
Al-Nassr see off Al-Khaleej
Three points for Al-Nassr, 1‑0 the final word against Al-Khaleej in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Al-Nassr training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Abdullah Al-Khaibari 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.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Kingsley Coman runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- Squad The manager makes an example of Sultan Al-Ghannam
- Market The Wesley talk will not go away
- Market Al-Nassr shop where it costs nothing