Abubaker Saeed

Defensive Midfielder - Al-Qadisiyah U20
5 Jun 2028
Monday
Process
42 Edition

The Al-Qadisiyah Herald

17 May 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Al-Qadisiyah bow out of the cup

Al-Hilal go through and Al-Qadisiyah go home, 3-4 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.

Squad

Fahad Al-Rashidi: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Al-Qadisiyah have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

The terraces

The boos come down from three sides

“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 5 of the 23 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.

Squad

Al-Qadisiyah lose Abubaker Saeed

25 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Gastón Álvarez

“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.

The terraces

The spotlight tightens on Koen Casteels

Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.

In brief

Back issues
38 Edition

The Al-Qadisiyah Herald

19 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Abubaker Saeed out for 59 days

The medical room confirms 59 days on the sidelines for Abubaker Saeed, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Market

Turki Al-Ammar linked with a move away

The name of Turki Al-Ammar keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Al-Qadisiyah say nothing, which says plenty.

Market

Still no signature from Mohammed Qasem

2 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Al-Qadisiyah could get for him.

In brief