Nacho

Central Defender - Al-Qadisiyah
20 Sep 2026
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Marked for Nacho

5 Edition

The Al-Qadisiyah Herald

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

An offer of $3.6M for Murad Al-Hawsawi

Al-Qadisiyah have gone to Al-Hilal with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.

Market31 Aug 2026

Al-Hilal come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Al-Qadisiyah did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad31 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Al-Qadisiyah

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nacho was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Al-Qadisiyah

Julián Quiñones and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match29 Aug 2026

3 matches without a goal for Al-Qadisiyah

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

Door shut on Tiago Caballero

Al-Qadisiyah asked and Olimpia said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Julián Quiñones

Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Appearance number 100 for Suleman Sani

100 games in this shirt, through managers and relegations and everything else. Service like it is disappearing from the game and the crowd knows what it is watching.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Gastón Álvarez was immovable

18 times he got in the way of something. Centre-halves get written about when they make mistakes and ignored when they do not, so an afternoon like this needs saying out loud: he is the reason the scoreline reads as it does.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Al-Qadisiyah Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market10 Aug 2026

Al-Qadisiyah sell Mateo Retegui for $37.8M

Mateo Retegui has left for Chelsea in a $37.8M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Market10 Aug 2026

Not going: Otávio stays at Al-Qadisiyah

“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Persepolis had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.

Market10 Aug 2026

Mahamadou Sangaré agrees terms with Al-Fayha

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Al-Qadisiyah people have started saying his name in the past tense.

The terraces10 Aug 2026

Al-Qadisiyah sell a favourite for $37.8M

The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. Mateo Retegui was one of the reasons people came, and $37.8M does not replace that by itself.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Al-Qadisiyah

Koen Casteels and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Market10 Aug 2026

Otávio raises the bar for Al-Qadisiyah

“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Al-Qadisiyah heard it as anything else.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Words at Al-Qadisiyah training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nacho 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.

Squad10 Aug 2026

A muscle injury and 15 days out for Ahmed Al-Kassar

The most common injury in the game and the most rushed back from. Al-Qadisiyah will quote 15 days and will be careful with it, because the second one is always worse than the first.

The dugout10 Aug 2026

Mohammed Abu Al-Shamat 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.

In brief

1 Edition

The Al-Qadisiyah Herald

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

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.

Market3 Aug 2026

Eyes on Otávio again

The phone has started ringing about Otávio again, and this time the name on the line is Persepolis. Al-Qadisiyah are listening politely and promising nothing.

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

A falling-out at Al-Qadisiyah

Mateo Retegui and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Words at Al-Qadisiyah training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tijjani Reijnders 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.

Market3 Aug 2026

Talks stall between Al-Qadisiyah and Nacho

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

In brief