The Rah Ahan Herald
Squad17 May 2027
A falling-out at Rah Ahan
Mohammad Daneshgar and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad17 May 2027
Words at Rah Ahan training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kator Akile 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.
The dugout17 May 2027
Hossein Shojaei gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Hossein Shojaei is on it.
The dugout17 May 2027
No hiding place for Amir Karimi
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Amir Karimi, and the manager let it.
Market17 May 2027
The Ali Nekounam question follows Rah Ahan around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Ali Nekounam’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Loan watch17 May 2027
5 goals on loan for Mohammad Jahanbakhsh
27 appearances at Saba and the goals keep coming. Rah Ahan are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
The dugout17 May 2027
A door opens for Mohammad Daneshgar
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
Loan watch17 May 2027
Milad Moharrami has made Saipa’s shirt his own
26 starts now, an average of 6.53, and the team sheet at Saipa has stopped being a question. Exactly what everybody signed up for.
The dugout17 May 2027
Alireza Rezaeian knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Alireza Rezaeian trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Squad The training reports on Amir Karimi are not good
- Loan watch Decision time nears on Vouria Karimi
- Squad Ehsan Ebrahimi is out on the grass again