Sultan Al-Shammari

Left Forward - Retired
30 Sep 2029
Sunday
Process

Marked for Sultan Al-Shammari

78 Edition

The Al-Mojzel Sentinel

24 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

The knee: Faisal Al-Subaie out for 24 days

24 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Al-Mojzel lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Match

No end in sight to Al-Mojzel's wait for a win

9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Al-Mojzel has to find a result from somewhere.

Market

Saad Al-Dosari hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Al-Mojzel can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Tempers go at Al-Mojzel

Hamed Doukouré 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.

Squad

Alex Lima falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Transfer targets

Al-Mojzel rebuffed over Marwan Al-Haidari

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Al-Fateh have kept their man, and Al-Mojzel go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Match

Ohod take the points off Al-Mojzel

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

Squad

Sultan Al-Shammari out for 15 days

The medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for Sultan Al-Shammari, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Player ratings

Hamed Doukouré was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 16. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

In brief

  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
  • The dugout Alex Lima has become a man the manager trusts
  • Looking ahead The leaders are next for Al-Mojzel