Abdullah Bin Subayt

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21 Nov 2027
Sunday
Process
65 Edition

The Al-Faisaly Courier

25 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Still nobody has beaten Al-Faisaly

The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Morato

“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-Faisaly share the spoils with Al-Riyadh

A 1-1 draw with Al-Riyadh leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Squad

Mohamed Absi is off the mark for Al-Faisaly

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

Market

The Marek Rodák talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Al-Faisaly know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Abdullah Bin Subayt 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

Back issues
49 Edition

The Al-Faisaly Courier

5 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Marek Rodák wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Al-Faisaly hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Squad

Abdullah Bin Subayt stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Abdullah Bin Subayt and Al-Faisaly agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market

The Marek Rodák talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Al-Faisaly know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Market

The clock runs on Abdullah Bin Subayt's contract

36 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.

Squad

Jaber Issa knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Al-Faisaly, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

The transfer that hurt Morato most

Somebody else's move, somebody else's headline. What it left at Al-Faisaly is an empty peg and a footballer who keeps glancing at it.

In brief

46 Edition

The Al-Faisaly Courier

14 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Al-Faisaly turn down Al-Ahli for Ibrahima N'Diaye

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

Squad

Morato gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

Munif Doshi told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Munif Doshi has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Al-Faisaly.

Market

Al-Jeel expected to open talks for Yazan Jari

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Al-Faisaly will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Squad

International call for Marek Rodák

Marek Rodák joins up with his country. Al-Faisaly lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.

Squad

Hussain Al-Nattar 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

42 Edition

The Al-Faisaly Courier

17 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Al-Faisaly are in real trouble now

Position 14, 10 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.

Squad

Mohammed Al-Aqeel knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Al-Faisaly, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

The manager comes out for Abdullah Al-Mogren

Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Abdullah Al-Mogren has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.

In brief