The Al-Qadisiyah Herald
Squad3 Aug 2026
The knee: Ibrahim Mahnashi out for 47 days
47 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Al-Qadisiyah lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market3 Aug 2026
Mateo Retegui 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-Qadisiyah can pretend not to have heard.
Market3 Aug 2026
Al-Qadisiyah turn down PSV for Mateo Retegui
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market3 Aug 2026
Tijjani Reijnders 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-Qadisiyah hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Nacho signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Nacho commits to Al-Qadisiyah for another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tijjani Reijnders 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-Qadisiyah this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
In brief
- Squad Julian Weigl wants to go home
- Market Nobody at Al-Qadisiyah has picked up the phone to Otávio
- The dugout Gastón Álvarez knocks on the manager's door
- The terraces The stands have heard the Mateo Retegui talk too