The Al-Hilal Chronicle
Squad12 Oct 2026
Salem Al-Dawsari damages knee ligaments — 88 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 88 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A one-man rearguard from Yassine Bounou
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.
Match10 Oct 2026
Still nobody has beaten Al-Hilal
The unbeaten run reaches 9. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Al-Hilal
Sergej Milinković-Savić 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Words at Al-Hilal training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Yassine Bounou 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.
Match10 Oct 2026
Al-Hilal share the spoils with Al-Khaleej
A 1‑1 draw with Al-Khaleej leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Crysencio Summerville runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 10. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Loan watch12 Oct 2026
3 goals on loan for Saïmon Bouabré
8 appearances at Zob Ahan and the goals keep coming. Al-Hilal are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
Market12 Oct 2026
Ali Al-Mahdawi leaves for nothing
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Ali Al-Mahdawi leaves Al-Hilal the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
In brief
- Market Ibrahim Al-Hamlan leaves for nothing
- Market Saud Haroun leaves for nothing
- Loan watch Hajer cannot leave Murad Al-Hawsawi out