The Najran Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
A fracture rules Bandar Al-Ahmari out for 64 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Najran will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Najran make their move for Roger Fernandes
$6.3M on the table at Al-Ittihad. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Najran make their move for Sami Al-Naji
$3.7M on the table at Al-Nassr. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Najran
Diego Venancio 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Vinicius Mello
Najran asked and Al Jazira said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
Najran promote Fahad Al-Otaibi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Fahad Al-Otaibi has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Najran promote Khalid Al-Ghamdi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Khalid Al-Ghamdi has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Fahad Al-Sheikh steps up from the Najran academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Fahad Al-Sheikh has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Omar Al-Mansour joins the Najran first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Omar Al-Mansour is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Squad 7 new faces, and Najran are still learning each other
- Squad Dumisani Zuma remains an outsider
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: the trip to Al-Ahli