The Foolad Courier
Market24 Aug 2026
Siah Jamegan come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Foolad did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market24 Aug 2026
Alireza Nazi 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 The request is on a desk at Foolad, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Amir Masoud Sarabadani 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 Foolad this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Saeid Sadeghi falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Vahid Amiri 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.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Mohammad Ghoreishi takes the honours
Marked 7.32 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Foolad had the best player on the pitch.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Foolad pick somebody else ahead of Sina Asadbeigi
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Amir Masoud Sarabadani
Successful dribbles: 12. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match22 Aug 2026
Foolad and Siah Jamegan cancel each other out
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Siah Jamegan came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
In brief
- Market Foolad bring in Alejandro Savarino on loan
- Market Foolad send Abolfazl Zadehattar out for first-team football