The Al-Faisaly Courier
Market10 Aug 2026
Jaime Seoane wants more than Al-Faisaly are offering
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Market10 Aug 2026
Al-Faisaly turn down Al-Ta'ee for Hussain Al-Nattar
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Al-Faisaly
Theo Bongonda 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-Faisaly promote Salem Al-Mansour from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Salem Al-Mansour has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Waleed Al-Nemer joins the Al-Faisaly first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Waleed Al-Nemer is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Al-Faisaly are still strangers to each other
11 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.
Looking ahead10 Aug 2026
A test against the best for Al-Faisaly
The team at the top of the table next, and the honest measure of where this side actually is. Anybody can beat the club below them; the question is what happens against Al-Shabab.
Looking ahead10 Aug 2026
A reunion for Luvannor
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Al-Shabab in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Jean Charles Ahoua knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Jean Charles Ahoua trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Squad A season on the outside for Fernando Pacheco
- Squad A wage question at Al-Faisaly