The Padideh Gazette
Market25 Jan 2027
$1.5M — a new record at Padideh
No footballer has ever cost this club more, and the number will be read out every time he misplaces a pass for the next two years.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
No sign of nerves from Vahid Ebrahimi at 21 — 7.64
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Vahid Ebrahimi did not need any: 7.64, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Transfer targets25 Jan 2027
Santiago Eneme-Bocari will not be coming to Padideh
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Sparta Prague is saying, and nobody at Padideh is enjoying the guessing.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Remember the name: Vahid Ebrahimi
He is 21, he is averaging 7.12, and older professionals have started passing to him in the difficult minutes. That last part is the real scouting report.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Mohammad Daneshgar 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.
The terraces25 Jan 2027
Padideh spend $1.5M on the signing the town wanted
It is the rarest sequence in football: supporters ask for something, and the club goes and does it. $1.5M for Aref Gholami, and for one week nobody is complaining about anything.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Both jobs done by Ehsan Moharrami — 6.71
A midfielder is measured on whether the team functions when he is on the pitch, which is nearly impossible to see and completely obvious in retrospect. 13 actions, 6.71, and a manager who will not be substituting him again in a hurry.
Transfer targets25 Jan 2027
Esteghlal tell Padideh: Esmaeil Gholizadeh is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Match23 Jan 2027
Vahid Ebrahimi’s goal not enough for Padideh
Vahid Ebrahimi scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Persepolis, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
In brief
- The dugout Ashkan Jahanbakhsh answers for it
- Transfer targets Padideh ask about Murad Al-Hawsawi
- Squad Amir Mehdi Janmaleki suspended