The Malavan Courier
Squad17 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Amir Savaed
105 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Malavan lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market17 Aug 2026
Malavan say no — this time
The offer from Zob Ahan for Farzad Taiebipour was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nothing got past Mohammad Papi
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 30 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
Supporters turn on the $1.0M sale of Parham Movaghari
He is going to Persepolis, the club has $1.0M it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Danial Eiri shuts the door
Defensive actions: 27, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Up for the corner, and Gholam Reza Sabetimani delivers — 7.52
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Gholam Reza Sabetimani scored, was marked 7.52, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Farzad Rahimi gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Farzad Rahimi has just signed for Malavan, and for once the answer mattered.
Market17 Aug 2026
Malavan sell Parham Movaghari for $1.0M
Parham Movaghari has left for Persepolis in a $1.0M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Malavan
Ghaem Eslamikhah 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.
In brief
- Match Malavan find a way past Esteghlal Ahvaz
- Player ratings Saeid Karimi shuts the door
- Squad Words at Malavan training over how hard people work