The Saba Sentinel
Market2 Aug 2027
Saeid Yazdani puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Saba, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Saman Karimi 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 Saba this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Alan Fernando Gutierrez is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
6 academy players handed senior numbers at Saba
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market2 Aug 2027
One of our own: Mohammad Ghoddos joins the Saba first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mohammad Ghoddos 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
Karim Gholizadeh steps up from the Saba academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Karim Gholizadeh has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Ehsan Torabi steps up from the Saba academy
- Squad No hiding place for Ashkan Taremi
- Squad Majid Yazdani knocks on the manager's door
- Boardroom Saba spend it where nobody looks