Rayan Al-Sharekh

Attacking Midfielder (C) - Al-Hazem
6 Sep 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for Rayan Al-Sharekh

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The Al-Hazem Herald

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Al-Hazem throw away a 3-goal lead

3 in front and in complete control, and it finished with Al-Shoulla the happier side. There is no version of this afternoon that Al-Hazem will enjoy reviewing.

Player ratings

Omar Al-Somah scores twice — 8.81

Two goals and a mark of 8.81 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Player ratings

Nawaf Al-Habashi runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 28. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

Rayan Al-Sharekh puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Al-Hazem, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Tempers go at Al-Hazem

Bruno Varela 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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Sultan Tanker

“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.

Match

Al-Hazem share the spoils with Al-Shoulla

A 3‑3 draw with Al-Shoulla leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Squad

Amadou Bamba dropped after a run of poor form

The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.

Squad

Omar Al-Somah is off the mark for Al-Hazem

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

In brief

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The Al-Hazem Herald

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Al-Hazem turn down Al-Njoom for Rayan Al-Sharekh

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

Squad

Bruno Varela signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Bruno Varela commits to Al-Hazem for another 3 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Al-Hazem

Amir Sayoud 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.

Squad

Bruno Varela 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.

Market

Hassan Idris attracts admirers

The name of Hassan Idris has come up in conversations Al-Hazem were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Market

Talks stall between Al-Hazem and Omar Al-Somah

“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