The Al-Saudi Al-Watani Sentinel
Squad4 Sep 2028
Meshal Mahmoud Haddad keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Al-Saudi Al-Watani may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market4 Sep 2028
Naser Al-Ghamdi asks to leave Al-Saudi Al-Watani
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom4 Sep 2028
The Al-Saudi Al-Watani board want somebody sold
The instruction has come from upstairs rather than from the dugout, which is the version of this conversation no manager enjoys. Somebody in that squad is now available whether the man who picks the team thinks so or not.
Market4 Sep 2028
So close: Naser Al-Ghamdi’s move dies late
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Al-Ta'ee moved on, Naser Al-Ghamdi reports back to Al-Saudi Al-Watani, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Squad4 Sep 2028
The manager makes an example of Elias
“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.
Squad4 Sep 2028
Words at Al-Saudi Al-Watani training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mohammed Al-Abdullah 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.
Boardroom4 Sep 2028
Wages eat 102% of everything Al-Saudi Al-Watani 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.
Market4 Sep 2028
Jane Moreno told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Jane Moreno has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Al-Saudi Al-Watani.
Match2 Sep 2028
Abdulrahman Al-Harthi rescues a point for Al-Saudi Al-Watani
It needed Abdulrahman Al-Harthi to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Al-Ta'ee, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
In brief
- Squad Sergey Melnik dropped after a run of poor form
- Player ratings An afternoon Sultan Al-Dawsari will want back
- Player ratings Mohammed Al-Otaibi never got going