The Al-Hilal Chronicle
Squad24 Apr 2028
A falling-out at Al-Hilal
Rúben Neves and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad24 Apr 2028
A row about effort at Al-Hilal
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Kaio César was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout24 Apr 2028
Sabri Dahal has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Al-Hilal will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Market24 Apr 2028
Omar Al-Juhani is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Al-Hilal has been clear about where Omar Al-Juhani stands, which is more than many ever get.
Market24 Apr 2028
The Nasser Al-Dawsari question follows Al-Hilal around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Nasser Al-Dawsari’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
The dugout24 Apr 2028
Mohammed Al-Mahasnah has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Mohammed Al-Mahasnah has written the date down.
Boardroom24 Apr 2028
The Al-Hilal production line keeps running
21 graduates out of an academy now rated 9 out of 20. Clubs this size survive on exactly that, and the town knows every name.
The dugout24 Apr 2028
Mohammed Mahzari keeps his manager's vote
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Mohammed Mahzari plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Squad24 Apr 2028
Word from the training ground: Yassine Bounou
The sharpest man in every session this week, by all accounts. Lines like this run the week before somebody’s run in the side begins.
In brief
- Loan watch Decision time nears on Murad Al-Hawsawi
- Boardroom The Al-Hilal board choose calm
- Squad Abdullah Al-Sultan is out on the grass again