The Al-Ta'ee Chronicle
Boardroom4 Sep 2028
The interim tag comes off Talal Al-Juhani
Al-Ta'ee interviewed the field and appointed the corridor: Talal Al-Juhani keeps the job he had been doing in all but title. Sometimes the safest pair of hands is the one already holding the wheel.
Market4 Sep 2028
Omar Abdullah 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-Ta'ee can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout4 Sep 2028
Omar Abdullah: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Al-Ta'ee have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Boardroom4 Sep 2028
Deadline passes with 19 signed and 13 gone
That is the business done at Al-Ta'ee until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.
Transfer targets4 Sep 2028
Abdulaziz Al-Awardi turns down Al-Ta'ee
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Al-Nahda keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad4 Sep 2028
A falling-out at Al-Ta'ee
Hassan Al-Amri and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Player ratings4 Sep 2028
David Kaiki was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 20. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Transfer targets4 Sep 2028
Al-Ta'ee rebuffed over Turki Ba Al-Jawsh
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Al-Ettifaq have kept their man, and Al-Ta'ee go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market4 Sep 2028
One of our own: Bandar Al-Dawsari joins the Al-Ta'ee first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Bandar Al-Dawsari is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Rashid Al-Salem joins the Al-Ta'ee first team
- Market Hassan Al-Mutairi steps up from the Al-Ta'ee academy
- The dugout No hiding place for Salman Al-Enezi