The Al-Qadisiyah Herald
Market3 Aug 2026
Al-Qadisiyah say no — this time
The offer from Padideh for Julian Weigl was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
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
A move Omar Bugiel would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Omar Bugiel is living that version at Al-Qadisiyah, and it tends to show in the first month.
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
Tempers go at Al-Qadisiyah
Mateo Retegui was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tijjani Reijnders falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- Market Eyes on Musab Al-Juwayr again
- Market 24 months and counting on Koen Casteels