The Al-Mojzel Sentinel
Squad31 Aug 2026
Ali Al-Qahtani damages knee ligaments — 20 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 20 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.
Market31 Aug 2026
Salem Al-Otaibi asks to leave Al-Mojzel
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market31 Aug 2026
Al-Mojzel say no — this time
The offer from Al-Riyadh for Yasser Al-Nemer was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Al-Mojzel
Luís Viana 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Talal Al-Rashid 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.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Rashid Al-Shehri
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Match Al-Mojzel and Al-Ta'ee take a point apiece
- Squad The manager makes an example of Mohammed Al-Shammari
- Market The shop window has Luís Viana in it
- Player ratings Faisal Al-Sheikh changes it off the bench