The Saipa Gazette
Market2 Aug 2027
Hasan Pourhamidi 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 Saipa can pretend not to have heard.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Ali Dehghan 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 Saipa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Saipa
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Words at Saipa training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Giorgi Gvelesiani 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.
Market2 Aug 2027
Saipa promote Reza Hajsafi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Reza Hajsafi has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market2 Aug 2027
One of our own: Ramin Hosseini joins the Saipa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ramin Hosseini is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market2 Aug 2027
One of our own: Saman Azmoun joins the Saipa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Saman Azmoun is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Bahman Salari signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Bahman Salari commits to Saipa for another 2 years.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Lucas Roa 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.