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The Al-Khaleej Sentinel

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad24 Aug 2026

8 saves: Anthony Moris was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 8 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Both of them Joshua King's — 9.03

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.03, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Fee done, terms next for Faisal Al-Subiani

Al-Khaleej and Al-Shabab have settled on $1.6M. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.

Market24 Aug 2026

Not going: Bader Munshi stays at Al-Khaleej

“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Al-Nahda had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.

Boardroom24 Aug 2026

Al-Khaleej go back to the board over Faisal Al-Subiani

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $1.7M — a club that wants Faisal Al-Subiani enough to be asked twice.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Too dear: Al-Khaleej walk away from Ibrahim Al-Shuail

$190.0K was the most the club would pay and Al-Taawoun were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.

Match22 Aug 2026

Al-Khaleej find a way past Al-Nassr

Al-Nassr made Al-Khaleej work for it, but the scoreboard read 3‑2 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Al-Hilal tell Al-Khaleej: Suhayb Al-Zaid 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.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Al-Khaleej

Abdullah Al-Ammar 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.

In brief

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The Al-Khaleej Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

A brace, and Musa Barrow takes the afternoon — 7.85

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Musa Barrow provided it, and the 7.85 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Market17 Aug 2026

Ali Abdoulraouf Al-Abdrabalnabi has said yes to Al-Saudi Al-Watani

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Al-Khaleej have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Al-Khaleej make their move for Faisal Al-Subiani

$1.4M on the table at Al-Shabab. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Al-Ittihad tell Al-Khaleej: George Ilenikhena 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.

Boardroom17 Aug 2026

Al-Khaleej go back to the board over Ibrahim Al-Shuail

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $200.2K — a club that wants Ibrahim Al-Shuail enough to be asked twice.

Market17 Aug 2026

Al-Khaleej get their man

The chase for Mohammed Al-Zaid ended with $230.0K changing hands and Al-Hilal out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Al-Khaleej bid $190.0K for Ibrahim Al-Shuail

The offer went to Al-Taawoun this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Giorgos Masouras was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 21. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Squad17 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Al-Khaleej

Abdullah Al-Ammar and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

In brief

2 Edition

The Al-Khaleej Sentinel

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market10 Aug 2026

Not going: Mohammed Al-Abdullah stays at Al-Khaleej

“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Al-Nahda had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Mohammed Al-Zaid due for a Al-Khaleej medical

Everything agreed with Al-Hilal, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Market10 Aug 2026

Mohammed Hameran is a Al-Khaleej player

The fee is $770.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Al-Diriyah drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Market10 Aug 2026

Joshua King 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-Khaleej hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Musa Barrow in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Al-Khaleej this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Mohammed Al-Khabrani stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Mohammed Al-Khabrani and Al-Khaleej agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Al-Khaleej rebuffed over Abdullah Otayf

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Al-Ahli have kept their man, and Al-Khaleej go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Saad Al-Ahmadi joins the Al-Khaleej first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Saad Al-Ahmadi is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

The dugout10 Aug 2026

Mohammed Al-Khabrani gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

1 Edition

The Al-Khaleej Sentinel

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market3 Aug 2026

Omar Mascarell wants more than Al-Khaleej 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.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Musa Barrow signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Musa Barrow and Al-Khaleej agree another 4 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Al-Khaleej

Musa Barrow 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.

Market3 Aug 2026

Al-Shoulla watching Eyad Al-Nasser

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Al-Khaleej have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad3 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Al-Khaleej

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mohammed Al-Khabrani was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Anthony Moris calls time on his country

“82 caps was 82 more than the boy who started ever expected.” At 36 he has stepped away from the national side and has not stepped away from Al-Khaleej.

In brief