Mishal Saad

Goalkeeper - Damac
5 Sep 2026
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Marked for Mishal Saad

4 Edition

The Damac Gazette

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad24 Aug 2026

Abdulrahman Al-Obaid damages knee ligaments — 127 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 127 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.

Market24 Aug 2026

Tariq Abdullah asks to leave Damac

“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.

Squad24 Aug 2026

A one-man rearguard from Kewin

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.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Basil Al-Hassan turns down Damac

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: another club keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Sanousi Al-Hawsawi 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 Damac this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match22 Aug 2026

Al-Riyadh take the points off Damac

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Morlaye Sylla did the work nobody counts — 6.92

11 combined actions and 6.92. The job he did is the one that shows up as other people looking good, and the only reliable way to notice it is to watch what happens on the afternoons he is missing.

Market24 Aug 2026

A stepping stone, not a home, for Mishal Saad

He is doing his job and he is not settling. Damac were supposed to be a step up in his own reckoning, and his own reckoning has been adjusted since he arrived.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Issam Al-Qarni reaches 100 appearances

100 games in the shirt. Nobody sets out to build a record like that; it happens to a certain kind of player at a certain kind of club, and this town knows what it has.

In brief

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3 Edition

The Damac Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad17 Aug 2026

Abdulrahman Al-Obaid damages knee ligaments — 134 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 134 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.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Kewin stands alone

10 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Market17 Aug 2026

Damac turn down Al-Fateh for Noor Al-Rashidi

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

Squad17 Aug 2026

A move Mubarak Al-Buainain would have made for nothing

There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Mubarak Al-Buainain is living that version at Damac, and it tends to show in the first month.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Mishal Saad due for a Damac medical

Everything agreed with another club, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Damac

Jonathan Okita 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.

Match15 Aug 2026

Al-Diriyah take the points off Damac

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 1‑2 Omar Al-Juhani left the room before anybody could ask which.

Boardroom17 Aug 2026

Damac turn down the training-ground plan

It is the quietest way a club tells you what its ambitions are. The money was asked for, the money was refused, and the people who work there every day now know exactly where they stand.

In brief

2 Edition

The Damac Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market10 Aug 2026

Terms done: Abdullah Al-Qahtani is going

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

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Mishal Saad turns down Damac

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: another club keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Jonathan Okita 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 Damac this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market10 Aug 2026

Eyes on Noor Al-Rashidi again

The phone has started ringing about Noor Al-Rashidi again, and this time the name on the line is Al-Fateh. Damac are listening politely and promising nothing.

Market10 Aug 2026

Damac promote Turki Al-Sheikh from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Turki Al-Sheikh has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market10 Aug 2026

Damac promote Waleed Al-Shehri from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Waleed Al-Shehri has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

The dugout10 Aug 2026

Mohammad Alsalkhadi 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.

Looking ahead10 Aug 2026

A reunion for Issam Al-Qarni

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Al-Diriyah in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

The dugout10 Aug 2026

Khaled Al-Sumairi 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