Salem Al-Otaibi

Central Defender - Al-Mojzel
23 Sep 2026
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Salem Al-Otaibi

5 Edition

The Al-Mojzel Sentinel

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

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.

Market

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.

Market

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.

Squad

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.

Squad

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 ratings

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

Back issues
1 Edition

The Al-Mojzel Sentinel

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Luís Viana in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Al-Mojzel this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at Al-Mojzel training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Talal Al-Rashid is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Market

Salem Al-Otaibi is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Al-Mojzel has been clear about where Salem Al-Otaibi stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief