The Esteghlal Herald
Squad12 Jun 2028
A fracture rules Rouzbeh Cheshmi out for 70 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Esteghlal will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market12 Jun 2028
Amir Masoud Sarabadani is a Esteghlal player
The fee is $1.8M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Foolad drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Market12 Jun 2028
Esteghlal turn down Gostaresh Foulad for Omid Alishah
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market12 Jun 2028
Marcon 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 The request is on a desk at Esteghlal, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market12 Jun 2028
Ahmad Ebrahimi wants European nights
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Squad12 Jun 2028
Tempers go at Esteghlal
Munir 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.
In brief
- Squad Ali Hajsafi out for 27 days
- The terraces Esteghlal spend $1.8M on the signing the town wanted
- Squad Ramin Rezaeian falls out with a teammate over standards