Faisal Nahet

Right Midfielder - Al-Ittihad
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Marked for Faisal Nahet

95 Edition

The Al-Ittihad Herald

22 May 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad22 May 2028

The season belongs to Houssem Aouar

An individual honour is a strange thing in a team game, and the best of them are never argued with. He has had the sort of year that ends with his name being read out, and Al-Ittihad have had the benefit of it.

Squad22 May 2028

Words exchanged at Al-Ittihad

Jason 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.

The dugout22 May 2028

Paulo Oliveira is still paying for one afternoon at Al-Ittihad

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

Market22 May 2028

The Saleh Al-Shehri story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Saleh Al-Shehri signs something — a contract at Al-Ittihad or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

The dugout22 May 2028

When it matters, Faisal Nahet plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout22 May 2028

The manager makes Paulo Oliveira a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Al-Ittihad. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

In brief

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91 Edition

The Al-Ittihad Herald

24 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad24 Apr 2028

17 days out for Saleh Al-Shehri after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Al-Ittihad will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Market24 Apr 2028

Abdulrahman Al-Obaid has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Al-Ittihad they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad24 Apr 2028

A falling-out at Al-Ittihad

Danilo Pereira and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout24 Apr 2028

Saleh Al-Shehri knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Saleh Al-Shehri trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

The dugout24 Apr 2028

Paulo Oliveira is still paying for one afternoon at Al-Ittihad

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

Market24 Apr 2028

The Saleh Al-Shehri story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Saleh Al-Shehri signs something — a contract at Al-Ittihad or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

The dugout24 Apr 2028

Faisal Nahet gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Faisal Nahet is on it.

The dugout24 Apr 2028

The manager makes Paulo Oliveira a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Al-Ittihad. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

Loan watch24 Apr 2028

Al-Nahda cannot leave Farhah Al-Shamrani out

24 starts and an average of 6.72. He went there to play and he is playing, which is the only thing a loan was ever for.

In brief

87 Edition

The Al-Ittihad Herald

27 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad27 Mar 2028

48 days out for Saleh Al-Shehri after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Al-Ittihad will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

The dugout27 Mar 2028

Abdulelah Al-Malki says Al-Ittihad went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market27 Mar 2028

Abdulrahman Al-Obaid is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Al-Ittihad is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad27 Mar 2028

A falling-out at Al-Ittihad

Danilo Pereira and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad27 Mar 2028

A row about effort at Al-Ittihad

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Aarón Martín was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout27 Mar 2028

The manager has not finished forgetting Paulo Oliveira's mistake

Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.

Market27 Mar 2028

The Saleh Al-Shehri story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Saleh Al-Shehri signs something — a contract at Al-Ittihad or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

The dugout27 Mar 2028

When it matters, Faisal Nahet plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Market27 Mar 2028

The shop window has Roger Fernandes in it

Al-Ittihad have let the market know Roger Fernandes can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief