The Al Nasr Courier
Market31 Aug 2026
Moussa N'Diaye puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Al Nasr, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Real improvement from Zaid Osman at Al Nasr
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Zaid Osman is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Market31 Aug 2026
Emirates Club join the queue for Felipe Motta
Add another name to the list: Emirates Club have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Felipe Motta. The answer from Al Nasr has not changed — yet.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Issam Faiz signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Issam Faiz commits to Al Nasr for another 4 years.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Mohammad Mustafa 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.
Looking ahead31 Aug 2026
A reunion for Ramón Mierez
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Al Jazira in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A season on the outside for Ajdin Hrustić
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Al Nasr has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
Market31 Aug 2026
Talk of Mehdi Ghayedi going back to Sepahan
Familiar ground, familiar faces, and a story that writes itself a little too easily. Somebody wants this one to be true, which is not the same as it being true.
Looking ahead31 Aug 2026
Al Nasr host Al Jazira
Next up at home: Al Jazira, who go into it in position 8. The kind of fixture a season is quietly built on or quietly loses its shape in.
In brief
- Market Bernard Faye goes looking for football
- The dugout Mehdi Ghayedi keeps his manager's vote