The Al-Batin Herald
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Abdulbasit Hawsawi is a medical away from Al-Batin
The deal with Al-Ettifaq is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Siya Msomi stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Siya Msomi and Al-Batin agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Youssouf M'Changama in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Al-Batin this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Wael Kadan would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Wael Kadan is living that version at Al-Batin, and it tends to show in the first month.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Al-Batin rebuffed over Salman Al-Ahmadi
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Al-Mojzel have kept their man, and Al-Batin go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Saeed Al-Rashid steps up from the Al-Batin academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Saeed Al-Rashid 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
Mohammed Al-Mansour steps up from the Al-Batin academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mohammed Al-Mansour 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
Al-Batin promote Saad Al-Sheikh from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Saad Al-Sheikh has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Al-Batin promote Ahmed Al-Mutairi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ahmed Al-Mutairi has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Bader Nasser
- Squad The formation has left Siya Msomi behind
- Looking ahead Turki Al-Jalfan goes back to face Al-Nahda