The Padideh Gazette
Market8 Mar 2027
BK Hacken come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Padideh did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Ehsan Ebrahimi 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 Padideh this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Amir Yazdani out for 19 days
The medical room confirms 19 days on the sidelines for Amir Yazdani, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Reza Noorafkan stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Reza Noorafkan and Padideh agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Words at Padideh training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ali Azmoun 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 dugout8 Mar 2027
Majid Rezaeian 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 Majid Rezaeian is on it.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
No hiding place for Ehsan Dejagah
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ehsan Dejagah, and the manager let it.
Market8 Mar 2027
The Sardar Moharrami talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Padideh know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Match8 Mar 2027
Continental football is in reach for Padideh
50 points from position 6. The title is somebody else’s business and the drop is somebody else’s problem; what is left is the argument about passports.
In brief
- The dugout Saman Pouraliganji keeps his manager's vote
- Boardroom Padideh board back the manager