Marked for Ahmed Al-Qahtani
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market1 Feb 2027
“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.
Boardroom1 Feb 2027
The scrutiny sharpens at Al-Mojzel
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Al-Mojzel is running low.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Abdullah Otayf 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.
Player ratings1 Feb 2027
Defensive actions: 21, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Market1 Feb 2027
Al-Fayha pay $6.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Loan watch1 Feb 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Al-Mojzel, and 0 appearances in 25 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad1 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Abdullah Otayf
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match30 Jan 2027
It finished 1‑0, and it was Ahmed Al-Hassan’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Al-Mojzel.
Market1 Feb 2027
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Al-Mojzel will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
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Uneasy
Market18 Jan 2027
“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.
Squad18 Jan 2027
122 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Player ratings18 Jan 2027
Defensive actions: 24, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Nahuel Peralta 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.
Market18 Jan 2027
Al-Ettifaq paid $130.0K and Al-Mojzel took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Squad18 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Ahmed Al-Hassan
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Loan watch18 Jan 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Al-Mojzel, and 0 appearances in 23 say he has earned the hearing.
Market18 Jan 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Bruno Andrade may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Match16 Jan 2027
Point won or two lost for Al-Mojzel?
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Al-Diriyah? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
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Uneasy
Market11 Jan 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Al-Mojzel, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market11 Jan 2027
Al-Mojzel say no — this time
The offer from Al-Njoom for Youssef Al-Shehri 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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
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.
Market11 Jan 2027
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Al-Mojzel will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Player ratings11 Jan 2027
Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad11 Jan 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Saeed Al-Mutairi, and the manager let it.
Match9 Jan 2027
Point won or two lost for Al-Mojzel?
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Al-Nahda? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Saeed Al-Salem asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Player ratings11 Jan 2027
Marked 5.74, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.
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Uneasy
Market4 Jan 2027
“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.
Boardroom4 Jan 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Al-Mojzel
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Nahuel Peralta 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.
Match2 Jan 2027
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Luigi Bernardi. 2‑0 against Al-Hazem, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Market4 Jan 2027
Bruno Andrade 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 Bruno Andrade stands, which is more than many ever get.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
Marked 8.29 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad4 Jan 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Loan watch4 Jan 2027
“I did not go to Al-Riyadh to sit and watch. I want to come back to Al-Mojzel and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 21 matches say the rest.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
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Steady
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Defensive actions: 26. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Market7 Sep 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Al-Mojzel, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad7 Sep 2026
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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ahmed Al-Hassan, and the manager let it.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
115% of the income goes out in wages at Al-Mojzel
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The captaincy has been taken off Talal Al-Juhani. Al-Mojzel will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
Match5 Sep 2026
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Al-Saudi Al-Watani came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Yasser Al-Subaie asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Upbeat
Market24 Aug 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Al-Mojzel, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market24 Aug 2026
Al-Nahda come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Al-Mojzel did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad24 Aug 2026
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.
Match22 Aug 2026
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Waleed Al-Dawsari. 2‑1 against Al-Jeel, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Market24 Aug 2026
The phone has started ringing about Fahad Al-Dosari again, and this time the name on the line is Al-Nahda. Al-Mojzel are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Marked 8.05 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Marked 8.02 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Ten men and a goalkeeper behind him, and it still finished in the net. He knew before anybody told him, and nobody at Al-Mojzel needed to.
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Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Gitai Sofir and Al-Mojzel agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Gitai Sofir 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Al-Mojzel, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Youssef Al-Sultan, and the manager let it.
Market10 Aug 2026
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Al-Mojzel has been clear about where Bandar Al-Hassan stands, which is more than many ever get.
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Steady
Market3 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Saeed Al-Salem and Al-Mojzel agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Ahmed Al-Qahtani 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.