The Al Nasr Courier
Market17 Aug 2026
Not going: Leonel Wamba stays at Al Nasr
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Al-Taawoun had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Hamad Al Shamsi turns down Al Nasr
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Al Shaab keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Market17 Aug 2026
Al Nasr say no — this time
The offer from Emirates Club for Felipe Motta 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.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Al Shaab tell Al Nasr: Hamad Ismail is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market17 Aug 2026
So close: Mateo Karamatić’s move dies late
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Al Ahli moved on, Mateo Karamatić reports back to Al Nasr, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Al Nasr
Ramón Mierez and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Al Nasr
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Marius Marin was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Marius Høibråten out for 31 days
The medical room confirms 31 days on the sidelines for Marius Høibråten, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market17 Aug 2026
Al Ahli watching Salem Sultan
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Al Nasr have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
In brief
- Transfer targets Al Nasr try to borrow Szymon Weirauch
- Squad No place for Nikola Vukić in the new shape
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Jônatas