The Al-Taawoun Chronicle
Squad11 Jul 2039
Mohammed Mahzari breaks a bone — 119 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 119 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market11 Jul 2039
Al-Orobah come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Al-Taawoun did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad11 Jul 2039
Tempers go at Al-Taawoun
Aiman Yahya 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.
Squad11 Jul 2039
Words at Al-Taawoun training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Victor Hugo 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.
Market11 Jul 2039
Yonatan Revivo attracts admirers
The name of Yonatan Revivo has come up in conversations Al-Taawoun were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad11 Jul 2039
Nir Refaelov stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Nir Refaelov and Al-Taawoun agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
In brief
- Market The Faisal Al-Mansour conversation is coming
- Market Abdulrazzaq Awaji runs his contract down