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The Al-Diriyah Sentinel

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market10 Aug 2026

Ohod come back empty-handed

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

Market10 Aug 2026

Idrissa Gueye raises the bar for Al-Diriyah

“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-Diriyah heard it as anything else.

Squad10 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Al-Diriyah

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

Market10 Aug 2026

Al-Diriyah sell Abdulelah Al-Jaafari for $140.0K

Abdulelah Al-Jaafari has left for Al-Ra'ed in a $140.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Market10 Aug 2026

Hussain Al-Zarie attracts admirers

The name of Hussain Al-Zarie has come up in conversations Al-Diriyah were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Looking ahead10 Aug 2026

A reunion for Georges-Kévin Nkoudou

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Damac in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

The dugout10 Aug 2026

Meshari Al-Nemer knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Al-Diriyah, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Berat Djimsiti wants to know why he earns less

Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and Al-Diriyah have no good answer.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Faisal Al-Mutairi still has not settled

A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Al-Diriyah would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.

In brief

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The Al-Diriyah Sentinel

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market3 Aug 2026

Berat Djimsiti 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-Diriyah hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Idrissa Gueye signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Idrissa Gueye commits to Al-Diriyah for another 2 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Al-Diriyah

Berat Djimsiti 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.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Idrissa Gueye stands down from international duty

“135 caps is more than I ever expected, and it is time somebody else had them.” At 36 he is finished with his country and nowhere near finished with Al-Diriyah.

Market3 Aug 2026

Al-Saudi Al-Watani join the queue for Abdulelah Al-Jaafari

Add another name to the list: Al-Saudi Al-Watani have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Abdulelah Al-Jaafari. The answer from Al-Diriyah has not changed — yet.

Market3 Aug 2026

Still no ink between Al-Diriyah and Nikola Vasilj

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Al-Diriyah, another week without a signature from Nikola Vasilj.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Al-Diriyah are still strangers to each other

10 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

Market3 Aug 2026

The clock runs on Omar Colley's contract

24 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.

The dugout3 Aug 2026

Meshari Al-Nemer asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief