Marked for Ehsan Beiranvand
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad30 Jul 2029
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Saba may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad30 Jul 2029
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Saba this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad30 Jul 2029
61 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
In brief
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Squad
Thievy Bifouma gets it from the manager
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Market
The Ali Taremi talk will not go away
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Boardroom
Saba keep producing them
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Boardroom
The Saba board choose calm
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad2 Jul 2029
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market2 Jul 2029
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad2 Jul 2029
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Saba this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad2 Jul 2029
“The easiest signature of my career.” Thievy Bifouma and Saba agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad2 Jul 2029
89 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Boardroom2 Jul 2029
$5.0M on the table at Saba
The board have answered with money instead of encouragement, which is the only answer a manager ever wants. Spending it well is now entirely his problem.
In brief
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Market
The Ali Taremi talk will not go away
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Market
Claudio Salto placed on the list
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Boardroom
Saba keep producing them
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Boardroom
The Saba board choose calm