The Gostaresh Foulad Sentinel
Market10 Aug 2026
Karim Pouraliganji sold, and an era ends
$770.0K from Zob Ahan for Karim Pouraliganji. Money is money, but the dressing room has lost the man it looked to.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
Supporters turn on the $770.0K sale of Karim Pouraliganji
He is going to Zob Ahan, the club has $770.0K it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Karim Dejagah 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 Gostaresh Foulad this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Gostaresh Foulad training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Danilo De Simone 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Ramin Ghoddos
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ramin Ghoddos, and the manager let it.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Gostaresh Foulad against Persepolis
0‑1 to Persepolis, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market10 Aug 2026
Talks stall between Gostaresh Foulad and Erfan Ghahremani
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Squad10 Aug 2026
5 new faces, and Gostaresh Foulad are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
Market10 Aug 2026
Vahid Vafaei told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Vahid Vafaei has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Gostaresh Foulad.
In brief
- Player ratings The one thing Karim Dejagah could not do
- Market Alireza Ebrahimi brings the grey hairs Gostaresh Foulad lacked
- Player ratings Danilo De Simone could not find anything