The Al Ahli Post
Market31 Aug 2026
Youssef Rashid turns Al-Ra'ed down
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Market31 Aug 2026
Luis Alberto Vidal 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 Ahli can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Nasser Juma
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Al Ahli have done the hard part with Al Shaab, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Medical ends the Nasser Hussain deal
Everything was agreed with Al Shabab and then the doctor spoke. Al Ahli have walked away from a signing on the advice of somebody who never saw him play, which is how it is supposed to work.
Market31 Aug 2026
Oumar Traoré arrives at Al Ahli in a $890.0K statement of intent
There comes a point where a club either backs its own ambition or admits it does not have any. Al Ahli have paid $890.0K for Oumar Traoré, which is the loudest way there is of saying which one it chose.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Independiente Rivadavia tell Al Ahli: Tobías Ganduglia is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Al Ahli
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Saeed Al Menhali was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A muscle injury sidelines Sofiane Benhima for 15 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Al Ahli will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Squad31 Aug 2026
5 new faces, and Al Ahli are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
In brief
- Market Al Ahli put Bandar Obaid up for sale
- Squad Competition arrives for Giovanni Serafini