Sultan Mandash

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Al-Nassr
21 Nov 2027
Sunday
Process
61 Edition

The Al-Nassr Sentinel

27 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Sultan Mandash says Al-Nassr went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Match

Al-Nassr cannot stop winning

3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.

Match

Al-Nassr see off Al-Taawoun

Three points for Al-Nassr, 3-2 the final word against Al-Taawoun in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Loan watch

Saad Haqawi wants to come home

“I did not go to Saipa to sit and watch. I want to come back to Al-Nassr and fight for my place.” 4 appearances in 13 matches say the rest.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Marcos Ortiz

“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.

Squad

Aiman Yahya knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Al-Nassr, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

Back issues
58 Edition

The Al-Nassr Sentinel

6 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Ângelo wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Al-Nassr hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Boardroom

Wages eat 195% of everything Al-Nassr earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Loan watch

Abdulmalik Al-Jaber has seen enough of ES Setif

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Al-Nassr, and 1 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.

Match

Honours even between Al-Nassr and Al-Ittihad

2-2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Sultan Mandash

“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.

Squad

Sadio Mané is off the mark for Al-Nassr

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

Market

Mohamed Simakan linked with a move away

The name of Mohamed Simakan keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Al-Nassr say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

International call for Abdulrahman Ghareeb

Abdulrahman Ghareeb joins up with his country. Al-Nassr lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.

Squad

International call for Jhon Durán

Jhon Durán joins up with his country. Al-Nassr lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.

In brief

56 Edition

The Al-Nassr Sentinel

23 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Qarabag watching Abdullah Al-Hamddan

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Al-Nassr have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Market

Sultan Mandash is a Al-Nassr player

The fee is $1.3M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Al-Hilal drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Jhon Durán

“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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Al-Nassr against Al-Qadisiyah

0-1 to Al-Qadisiyah, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Market

Al-Nassr sign Ayanda Tibe, one for the future

Ayanda Tibe is 18, and Al-Nassr have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

The terraces

Everybody has an opinion about Íñigo Martínez

He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.

In brief