The Al-Wehda Post
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Al-Wehda
Farouk Chafaï was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Demba Diallo
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
3 academy players handed senior numbers at Al-Wehda
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Farouk Chafaï
“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.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Omar Al-Salem joins the Al-Wehda first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Omar Al-Salem is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Salman Al-Salem steps up from the Al-Wehda academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Salman Al-Salem 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Faisal Al-Enezi joins the Al-Wehda first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Faisal Al-Enezi is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match15 Aug 2026
Al-Khaleej take the points off Al-Wehda
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Augustine Oladapo 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.
In brief
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Al-Wehda
- Squad The plan did not have a place for Abdullah Al-Owaishir
- Market The shop window has Adel Khadhari in it