The Hajer Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
The knee: Murtadha Al-Burayh out for 129 days
129 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Hajer lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Reyaad Pieterse arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Reyaad Pieterse has, at Hajer, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Hajer
Reyaad Pieterse 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Hajer rebuffed over Juan Velázquez
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Argentinos Juniors have kept their man, and Hajer go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Saeed Al-Sulami steps up from the Hajer academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Saeed Al-Sulami 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
Talal Al-Subaie steps up from the Hajer academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Talal Al-Subaie 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: Saeed Al-Ahmadi joins the Hajer first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Saeed Al-Ahmadi 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
Fahad Al-Dosari steps up from the Hajer academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Fahad Al-Dosari 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Omar El Mansouri is a square peg at Hajer
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
In brief
- Looking ahead Saad Al-Mosa faces his old club
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: the trip to Al-Ittihad