The Al-Fayha Chronicle
Market10 Dec 2029
Komang Dedi 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-Fayha can pretend not to have heard.
Match8 Dec 2029
The wait goes on for Al-Fayha
7 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Market10 Dec 2029
Only the photograph left for Abdulaziz Jurmush
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Abdulaziz Jurmush will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Al-Fayha the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad10 Dec 2029
A one-man rearguard from Abdelrahman Ramadan
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad10 Dec 2029
Mikel Villanueva 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-Fayha this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Dec 2029
Malek Al-Abadalmanam is carrying Al-Fayha
14 goals and a season average of 7.26. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Boardroom10 Dec 2029
Al-Fayha cannot sign anybody
The embargo bars a fee being paid for a player, whatever the manager thinks the squad needs. Every rumour printed about this club between now and its lifting is a rumour about a deal that cannot happen.
Player ratings10 Dec 2029
A masterclass from Malek Al-Abadalmanam
Marked 8.43 — 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.
Market10 Dec 2029
Al-Fayha buy the years ahead of Ehsan Azmoun
He is 20, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
In brief
- Market A long bet from Al-Fayha on Islom Masharipov
- Squad Home is on Yaroslav Babenko's mind
- Match Malek Al-Abadalmanam rescues a point for Al-Fayha