Year: 2018

Zlatko Dalic , approached by Iran & Japan.

A Croatian website claimed that there were some interesting offers for Zlatko Dalic, which are initiated by Iran and Japan.

According to to jutarnji, Zlatko Dalic, the Croatian national team manager who has experience coaching in the Middle East and managed to lead Croatia to the FIFA World Cup final, the coach is currently on vacation and enjoying his rest period.

According to the site, the coach has four official offers from the national teams of Iran, Japan, Uzbekistan and Egypt, with the proposals of Iran and Japan being financially more significant and far beyond the money that the coach receives from the Croatian Football Association. These negotiations are now continuing.

Of course, the trainer had already said that money is not his top priority and would not pick a job based on that.

Also, the jutarnji site claimed that Branko Ivankovich has also sent messages for Dalic.

According to ISNA, Mahdi Taj and the Iranian Football Association have repeatedly stated that until the end of the Asian Cup, their final and definitive option is Queiroz, and the two sides have expressed interest in continuing their 6-month partnership. This is despite the fact that no formal contract has been signed so far.

Trabzonspor conducting talks with Vahid Amiri

Iranian left-winger Vahid Amiri is in Trabzon to discuss a potential move to the Super Lig oufit, the club’s vice president Hayrettin Hacisalihoglu revealed.

“He came to Trabzon but we are yet to make an agreement. We have to discuss certain matters. He will have to pass a medical after we make an agreement and then he will sign,” he said.

The president pointed out that the 30-year-old is a free agent after his contract with Iranian powerhouse Persepolis expired last month and a transfer fee would not be necessary.

He played for Iran during the World Cup in Russia just weeks ago.

The Turkish club have been negotiating with multiple Iranian players this summer, having agreed to sign Majid Hosseini, however, a last minute snag with his passport being held by his club Esteghlal caused the transfer to be delayed.

After being unable to sort out the issue with the Iranian club, Hosseini’s transfer to Trabzonspor has been put on hold for now, according to Trabzonspor’s president Ahmet Agaoglu.

Iranian media, however, claim that Amiri has already signed a 2 years contract today.

Carlos Queiroz contract offers

The head of the Algerian football federation, Khidir al-Din Zatshi, has categorically denied that his federation had any contacts with the Portuguese coach, Carlos Queiroz , for the purpose of taking over the job of head coach of National football team of Algeria instead of the local hero , Rabih Madjir who was sacked last month.

“I have not contacted the Portuguese coach of Iran Carlos Queiroz to offer him the job of the national team coach and I am also not aware of anyone from my federation carrying out such contacts” Zatshi, confirmed in a short interview with (Al-Nah’ar) newspaper.

There has been various reports of such contacts recently which the Iranian media has also carried over.

On the other hand, Al Arab newspaper has reported that Carlos Queiroz has turned down an offer from the Egyptian FA to train its national football team to replace the Argentine, Hector Cuper.

No further details were given.

Biravand is no show for Persepolis training.

The pre-season training of Persepolis has reached the final stage, while there is no news from their number one goalkeeper according to reports from the club.

Alireza Beiranvand has a mandatory two weeks off as a member of Team Melli squad that competed in the FIFA 2018 World Cup. The rest, which ended on Sunday, however the Team Melli guardian did not show up for Persepolis yesterday’s training. Beiranvand’s absence has upset Branko Ivankovic, and he informed the club’s managers to sort out Beiranvnd’s situation as soon as possible.

The Persepolis head coach made it clear to the management that if Beiranvand does not attend the training by the end of the week, he can not be picked for the senior team and will be benched.

The Persepolis goalie is determined to seek contracts and consider his foreign offers and then to attend the training. But the Persepolis club is against this and explicitly stated that it will not sell him until the end of the half season.

Alireza Jahanbakhsh targeted by Leicester City as Riyad Mahrez replacement – reports

Alireza Jahanbakhsh is the latest name to be linked with a transfer to Leicester City.

Reports in Jahanbakhsh’s native Iran say the AZ Alkmaar winger has been pinpointed by Leicester as their preferred replacement for Riyad Mahrez, who this week departed for Manchester City in a £60million move.

Some outlets go as far to say Jahanbakhsh is set to fly to England to undergo a medical with a €22m (£19.5m) offer accepted.

The 24-year-old is hot property after a superb campaign for AZ, scoring 21 goals in 33 games from the right wing to finish as the Eredivisie’s top scorer. He also provided 12 assists.

Following AZ’s third-place finish in the Netherlands, Jahanbakhsh headed to Russia for the World Cup and was a member of the Iran side that came agonisingly close to escaping a group which included Spain and Portugal.

Earlier this week, AZ technical director Max Huiberts said there was no current interest in Jahanbakhsh.

“It would be very nice if he was on the field at that first Europa League match,” Huiberts told NH.

“There has been interest, but not now.

“Let’s hope that there is very little interest for him, although I can not imagine that. Maybe he will stay with AZ for a year.”

Jahanbakhsh has two years left on his contract with the Dutch club.

Oceano Andrade da Cruz planning to part with Team Melli

Oceano Andrade da Cruz spoke about his desire to break up the Iranian national team.

According to ISNA and DN da Cruz, assistant coach of Team Melli, who has been Carlos Queiroz’a right hand  in Sporting  Lisbon where he has a history of coaching and seems to have been faced with a proposal by the Portuguese team. He said: “I have received several offers from various teams but I have not made my decision yet, but I’m about to make my decision soon.”

He has already been the assistant to Carlos Queiroz since 2014,  but wants to continue his own separate project from now on. However, the Iranian Football Federation has planned to stay with the current coaching staff with Carlos Queiroz leading the team in the AFC Asian Cup, and so we should see what Oceano Andrade da Cruz will decide. In the next few days it will be clear whether the coach will stay in Iran or depart to Sporting team in Lisbon.

Rangers eyeing Iran international Milad Mohammadi

Glasgow Rangers are reportedly considering trying to bring Milad Mohammadi to Ibrox this summer.

Bernardo Silva of Portugal challenge for the ball with Milad Mohammadi of Iran during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia group B match between Iran and Portugal at Mordovia Arena on June 25,...

According to a report from The Scottish Sun, Rangers are interested in potentially making a move to sign Iran star Milad Mohammadi this summer as Steven Gerrard looks to take his number of signings into double figures.

The Gers have managed to strengthen all over the pitch during this window, with Lassana Coulibaly and Umar Sadiq becoming the Scottish Premiershipside’s latest acquisitions, with both men arriving on loan for the coming campaign.

And it appears that signing number 10 may be in Gerrard’s sights. The Scottish Sun reports that the Gers are weighing up a pursuit of Mohammadi, who was part of the Iran side that featured at the World Cup in Russia. The 24-year-old is undoubtedly most famous for his attempted throw-in the group clash with Spain that involved a forward flip, but did not actually lead to the ball leaving the full-back’s hands.

The Scottish Sun adds that he is expected to cost at least £2 million and a work permit is unlikely to be an issue if Rangers do decide to make a move and get close to finalising a deal at some stage.

Milad Mohammadi of Iran tackles Marco Asensio of Spain during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia group B match between Iran and Spain at Kazan Arena on June 20, 2018 in Kazan, Russia.

Interestingly, Mohammadi is predominantly a left-back who can also play on the right-hand side of the defence or slightly further forward as a left winger.

Majid Hosseini to Trabzonspor.

Haber61 – Sports Service –

Trabzonspor is expected to sign Team Melli and Esteghlal defender on Thursday 12th July.

Trabzonspor President Adviser Özkan Sumer, in a brief interview with Haber61, said that his club has been monitoring the 22 years Iranian footballer for a long time. “After proper due diligence , we have progressed to the stage of completion of the Transfer and contract signature formalities. There is no outstanding problem. They will come and we will probably complete the work here on Thursday”.

Trabzonspor continues to make the necessary reinforcements in the team while continuing to prepare for the 2018-2019 season with a training camp in Slovenia.

Part of the plan was strengthening of the defense line by the signing of Esteghlal FC, 22-year-old Iranian player Majid Hosseini, who is expected to arrive in Trabzon tomorrow.

OBSERVATION

Mr. Sumer indicating that the player fits the requirement of the technical team. “We have not only watched the player with naked eyes, We also watched videos of his games. He seemed to be the ideal player in many aspects and the search for the technical staff was over. So we decided so recruit him.”

Adding that transfer studies are continuing, Özkan Sumer emphasized that there is no other transfer that is imminent at this stage but the contacts continues.

Trabzonspor have won seven Süper Lig championship titles in the Turkish League since its establishment in 1967

Omid Ebrahimi to sign for Qatar’s Al Ahli club.

The Qatari al-Arab newspaper reported that Omid Ebrahimi joined the Al Ahli football team in a one-year contract.

According to the newspaper, the one-year contract with Ebrahimi will be signed with Al Ahly today.

Yesterday, Esteghlal’s German coach Winfred Schafer officially confirmed  that his midfieleder will be leaving.

The 30 years old Omid Ebrahimi was one of the finest players for Team Melli in the last FIFA World Cup.  He joined Esteghlal from Sepahan in 2014. Ebrahimi has played 33 times for Team Melli which included AFC Asian Cup 2015 in Australia and the FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia.

Queiroz wants thorough preparation for UAE 2019

The-afc.com

Monday, July 9, 2018

Tehran: Islamic Republic of Iran head coach Carlos Queiroz has stressed on the importance of preparing early ahead of the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 in January.

Iran are in Group D alongside Iraq, Yemen and Vietnam and Queiroz said that in order to succeed in Asia’s most prestigious competition, Iran must prepare themselves to take on the best.

“We will have to play against Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and the big Asia football powers like Japan, Korea Republic and Australia in the Asian Cup. Some people think that the tournament will be easy after what we did in the FIFA World Cup, but it’s not.”

Referring to the fans’ expectations after Team Melli’s performance in Russia, Queiroz stressed the importance of paying attention to the requirements of the national team before another difficult competition.

“We will face opponents who have started their development from 30 years ago. We need the facility to prepare our team for the Asian Cup if we really want to be successful in the competition.

“Let’s talk about Japan. You will not have a good chance of beating a country which started its development 40 years ago just 15 days ahead of the competition.”

The Portuguese said Iran deserved more credit for exceeding expectations at the FIFA World Cup.

Team Melli narrowly missed reaching the Round of 16 after a 1-1 draw with Portugal in Group B left them in third place.

“I would like to thank everyone who has helped us get to this point. I want to thank everyone who’s given the ultimate sacrifice. You made the Iranian people proud and happy.”