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416 Edition

The Gostaresh Foulad Sentinel

17 Jul 2034
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom17 Jul 2034

The scrutiny sharpens at Gostaresh Foulad

Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Gostaresh Foulad is running low.

Squad17 Jul 2034

55 days out for Ashkan Hosseini after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Gostaresh Foulad will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Transfer targets17 Jul 2034

Gostaresh Foulad agree $2.0M for Aria Yousefi

The clubs have shaken hands with Tractor; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.

Transfer targets17 Jul 2034

Seyed Alireza Hosseinimagham is a medical away from Gostaresh Foulad

The deal with Zob Ahan is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Transfer targets17 Jul 2034

Shahriar Beiranvand will not be coming to Gostaresh Foulad

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Foolad is saying, and nobody at Gostaresh Foulad is enjoying the guessing.

Squad17 Jul 2034

Words exchanged at Gostaresh Foulad

Yanis Issoufou and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Transfer targets17 Jul 2034

No deal for Ramin Noorafkan at that price

Gostaresh Foulad offered $37.0K; Zob Ahan said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Squad17 Jul 2034

A row about effort at Gostaresh Foulad

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Reza Mirzaeian was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout17 Jul 2034

No hiding place for Soheil Sarkari

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Soheil Sarkari, and the manager let it.

In brief

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The Gostaresh Foulad Sentinel

10 Jul 2034
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The terraces10 Jul 2034

Supporters organise against the Gostaresh Foulad board

A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.

Squad10 Jul 2034

62 days out for Ashkan Hosseini after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Gostaresh Foulad will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Transfer targets10 Jul 2034

$290.0K settles it between the clubs for Ali Moharrami

Sepahan have accepted the money. What Gostaresh Foulad do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.

The dugout10 Jul 2034

Yanis Issoufou frozen out at Gostaresh Foulad

This is not rotation. Yanis Issoufou has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Gostaresh Foulad is pretending otherwise.

Transfer targets10 Jul 2034

Door shut on Aria Yousefi

Gostaresh Foulad asked and Tractor said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad10 Jul 2034

Home is on Yanis Issoufou's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Gostaresh Foulad are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Transfer targets10 Jul 2034

No deal for Sardar Dejagah at that price

Gostaresh Foulad offered $91.0K; Saipa said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Squad10 Jul 2034

Words at Gostaresh Foulad training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Yanis Issoufou 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.

The dugout10 Jul 2034

No hiding place for Saeid Irankhah

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Saeid Irankhah, and the manager let it.

In brief

412 Edition

The Gostaresh Foulad Sentinel

19 Jun 2034
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom19 Jun 2034

Pressure builds in the Gostaresh Foulad boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Squad19 Jun 2034

Ashkan Hosseini breaks a bone — 83 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 83 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Transfer targets19 Jun 2034

Fee done, terms next for Sardar Beiranvand

Gostaresh Foulad and Esteghlal have settled on $240.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.

Market19 Jun 2034

Ahmed Raed asks to leave Gostaresh Foulad

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Transfer targets19 Jun 2034

Gostaresh Foulad bid $73.0K for Reza Gholizadeh

The offer went to Esteghlal Khuzestan 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.

Squad19 Jun 2034

A muscle injury sidelines Capa for 20 days

Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Gostaresh Foulad will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.

Transfer targets19 Jun 2034

Gostaresh Foulad baulk at the price for Vahid Torabi

Saipa wanted more than $11.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.

Squad19 Jun 2034

Yanis Issoufou falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Transfer targets19 Jun 2034

Gostaresh Foulad rebuffed over Habib Far Abbasi

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Tractor have kept their man, and Gostaresh Foulad go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

In brief