The Al-Hilal Chronicle
The terraces25 Jun 2035
The mood at Al-Hilal has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Market25 Jun 2035
Mohammad Reza Keshavarzi hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Al-Hilal can pretend not to have heard.
Squad25 Jun 2035
Tempers go at Al-Hilal
Sergej Milinković-Savić 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.
Squad25 Jun 2035
Real improvement from Nir Levy at Al-Hilal
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Nir Levy is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad25 Jun 2035
Words at Al-Hilal training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Rúben Neves is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad25 Jun 2035
A late step up for Mateus Manso
At 31 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
In brief
- Market The shop window has Sergej Milinković-Savić in it
- Market Talks stall between Al-Hilal and Manor Levy
- Market Bandar Al-Harbi leaves for nothing