The Rah Ahan Herald
Market17 May 2027
Ehsan Hajsafi hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Rah Ahan can pretend not to have heard.
Squad17 May 2027
Words at Rah Ahan training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Abolfazl Koohi 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.
Squad17 May 2027
Words exchanged at Rah Ahan
Esmaeil Gholizadeh and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout17 May 2027
Shahriar Shojaei 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.
Market17 May 2027
Ehsan Hajsafi linked with a move away
The name of Ehsan Hajsafi keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Rah Ahan say nothing, which says plenty.
The dugout17 May 2027
Vouria Beiranvand has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Rah Ahan will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The terraces17 May 2027
The Reza Taremi rumours reach the terraces
What was a back-page link has become a chant, and the chant is not friendly. Rah Ahan would rather it were settled quietly, and it has stopped being quiet.
Market17 May 2027
Reza Taremi has been watched
Esteghlal had somebody in the stand with a notebook, and he was not there for the pies. Watching is free; the next step is not.
The dugout17 May 2027
The manager comes out for Majid Taremi
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Majid Taremi has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
In brief
- Squad Word from the training ground: Masoud Shojaei
- Squad Vahid Jahanbakhsh back in training
- Loan watch Decision time nears on Alireza Beiranvand