The Malavan Courier
Market2 Aug 2027
Malavan sign Mohammad Hossein Sadeghi for $1.2M
The paperwork is done: Mohammad Hossein Sadeghi joins from Persepolis in a deal worth $1.2M. Now comes the harder part.
Transfer targets2 Aug 2027
Malavan bid $610.0K for Ramin Azizi
The offer went to Sepahan this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Ghaem Eslamikhah 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 Malavan this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Malavan
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.
Market2 Aug 2027
Saman Moharrami steps up from the Malavan academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Saman Moharrami 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.
Market2 Aug 2027
Malavan promote Majid Khodadad from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Majid Khodadad 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
Malavan promote Karim Khodadad from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Karim Khodadad 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.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Mahmoud Ghaedrahmati signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mahmoud Ghaedrahmati commits to Malavan for another 1 years.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
Malavan board go back on their word
Something was promised, a deadline passed, and it did not arrive. Trust inside a football club is built over years and spent in an afternoon.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Seyed Ali Yahyazadeh
- The dugout Mehdi Abdi gets picked when it counts
- Boardroom Malavan turn down the training-ground plan