The Saipa Gazette
Squad23 Apr 2029
Tempers go at Saipa
Ramin Vafaei 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.
Squad23 Apr 2029
Words at Saipa training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Hasan Pourhamidi is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Loan watch23 Apr 2029
Hossein Mohammadi has seen enough of Esteghlal Khuzestan
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Saipa, and 9 appearances in 43 say he has earned the hearing.
The dugout23 Apr 2029
Ali Kolahkaj 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.
Market23 Apr 2029
Hasan Pourhamidi linked with a move away
The name of Hasan Pourhamidi keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Saipa say nothing, which says plenty.
Loan watch23 Apr 2029
Petar Krešimir Balen first choice at Siah Jamegan
29 starts and a season average of 6.67. The loan is doing exactly what it was arranged to do.
Market23 Apr 2029
Saipa put Ramin Vafaei up for sale
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Ramin Vafaei may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Squad23 Apr 2029
Itay Shavit takes up the language
The least glamorous thing a foreign signing ever does and the one that decides most of them. A player who can hear the shout behind him is a different footballer from one who cannot.
Squad23 Apr 2029
Amit Harel is starting to look at home
The language is arriving, the jokes are landing, and there is somebody at the next peg to talk to. None of it appears in a scouting report and all of it shows up on the pitch.
In brief
- The dugout The manager comes out for Amir Hossein Yahyazadeh
- Loan watch Mehdi Kiani Dehkiani's loan at Padideh nearly up