The Al-Nahda Courier
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Muhammad Makbashi turns down Al-Nahda
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Al-Wehda keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Al-Nahda
Lars Veldwijk 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tebogo Makungo signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tebogo Makungo commits to Al-Nahda for another 1 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Al-Hazem tell Al-Nahda: Amadou Bamba 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Al-Nahda promote Ali Al-Juhani from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ali Al-Juhani 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: Khalid Al-Ahmadi joins the Al-Nahda first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Khalid Al-Ahmadi is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Mohammed Al-Juhani steps up from the Al-Nahda academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mohammed Al-Juhani has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Ali Al-Salem joins the Al-Nahda first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ali Al-Salem 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
No place for Jérémie Kanon in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Al-Nahda are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
In brief
- Squad Salman Abubakar needs a bigger stage
- Looking ahead Al-Nahda host Al-Batin