The Al-Taawoun Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
Bassem Al-Arini has said yes to Al-Shoulla
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Al-Taawoun have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Parfait Guiagon stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Parfait Guiagon and Al-Taawoun agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Al-Taawoun
Abderrazak Hamdallah and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Parfait Guiagon 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Al-Khaleej tell Al-Taawoun: Mohammed Al-Khabrani is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Fahad Al-Sheikh joins the Al-Taawoun first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Fahad Al-Sheikh is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Salem Al-Shammari steps up from the Al-Taawoun academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Salem Al-Shammari 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
Fahad Al-Rashid steps up from the Al-Taawoun academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Fahad Al-Rashid 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Koshaim Al-Qahtani
“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.
In brief
- Squad 12 new faces, and Al-Taawoun are still learning each other
- Transfer targets A loan move for Abdulmohsen Fallatah is in the works
- Transfer targets Al-Taawoun try to borrow Mohammed Suhluli