The Al-Diriyah Sentinel
Market7 Sep 2026
Nikola Vasilj agrees terms with CSKA Moscow
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Al-Diriyah people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Match5 Sep 2026
Al-Diriyah run riot against Ohod
3‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Both of them Enzo Millot's — 9.42
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.42, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Match5 Sep 2026
Al-Diriyah make it 4 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Al-Diriyah have 4 straight wins of it.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Al-Diriyah close the window on a squad of their own making
11 in and 8 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
A masterclass from Georges-Kévin Nkoudou
Marked 8.41 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
Faisal Al-Mutairi gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The month belongs to Darwin Núñez
The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Al-Diriyah have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at Al-Diriyah training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Qassem Lajami 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.
In brief
- Market The Sultan Farhan conversation is coming
- Squad A place in the month's best eleven for Chancel Mbemba
- The dugout A satisfied Salem Al-Harbi