Hayder Abdulkareem

Defensive Midfielder - Al-Nassr
5 Sep 2026
Saturday
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The Al-Nassr Sentinel

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

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.

Market

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 ratings

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.

Squad

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 ratings

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.

Market

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.

Match

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.

Squad

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 ratings

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