The Al-Faisaly Courier
Market10 Aug 2026
Al-Faisaly say no — this time
The offer from Al-Shabab for Raphael Silva 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Jaime Seoane wants more than Al-Faisaly are offering
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Al-Faisaly
Theo Bongonda and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sultan Al-Enezi steps up from the Al-Faisaly academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sultan Al-Enezi 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: Saad Al-Subaie joins the Al-Faisaly first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Saad Al-Subaie is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Al-Faisaly are still strangers to each other
11 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
Looking ahead10 Aug 2026
A test against the best for Al-Faisaly
The team at the top of the table next, and the honest measure of where this side actually is. Anybody can beat the club below them; the question is what happens against Al-Shabab.
Looking ahead10 Aug 2026
A reunion for Luvannor
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Al-Shabab in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Jean Charles Ahoua knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Jean Charles Ahoua trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Squad A season on the outside for Fernando Pacheco
- Squad A wage question at Al-Faisaly