The Al Ahli Post
Squad3 Aug 2026
Fahad Hassan damages knee ligaments — 154 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 154 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Al Ahli turn down MC Alger for Walid Saeed
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market3 Aug 2026
Hamdan Al Naqbi raises the bar for Al Ahli
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Al Ahli heard it as anything else.
Market3 Aug 2026
Vinícius Peixoto wants European nights
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Al Ahli
Hamdan Al Naqbi 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Al-Faisaly join the queue for Hamdan Omar
Add another name to the list: Al-Faisaly have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Hamdan Omar. The answer from Al Ahli has not changed — yet.
In brief
- Squad Vinícius Peixoto falls out with a teammate over standards
- Squad Hamdan Al Naqbi knocks on the manager’s door