The Tractor Courier
Squad23 Apr 2029
Marko Johansson breaks a bone — 16 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 16 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad23 Apr 2029
Tempers go at Tractor
Amir Hossein Hosseinzadeh was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
The dugout23 Apr 2029
No hiding place for Mehdi Torabi
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mehdi Torabi, and the manager let it.
The dugout23 Apr 2029
Amir Hossein Hosseinzadeh 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 Amir Hossein Hosseinzadeh is on it.
The dugout23 Apr 2029
Abolfazl Zadehattar knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Tractor, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market23 Apr 2029
The Domagoj Drožđek talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Tractor know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
- The dugout Mohammad Reza Rezaei has been promised minutes
- Squad Mani Sharifnejad has settled at Tractor
- Squad Masoud Ebrahimi back in training