After the departure of Carlos Queiroz from Team Melli following the unsuccessful attempt to win the AFC Asian Cup 2019, there were many names suggested or rumored to take over from the departed Portuguese coach. While the FFIRI is active in seeking a, the social media and the critics have put on several names as possible successor.
Branko Ivankovic, Ali daei , Lambertus “Bert” van Marwijk and Nekounam were amongst the favorites.
Alexander Nouri has emerged on the list as a new entry. His name has been floating around in recent days although the German-Iranian coach has not had any talks with the Iranian Football Federation. In the last few days, some Iranian media outlets have been promoting the former Werder Bremen football coach Alexander Nouri as the most suitable option for Team Melli.
A young coach , 39 years, who tasted success at Werder Bremen and then failure, was appointed as the coach of Bundesliga 2, Ingolstadt, on the sixth week of the season but he failed to improve on the team result and was fired.
Despite his short and unsuccessful time at FC Ingolstadt, Alexander Nouri still believes in his future as coach of a Bundesliga team.
“I know that I can train any time in Bundesliga or second division club, because I have already shown I can do it,” the former coach of SV Werder Bremen said in a post of the “Tagesspiegel”.
64-DAY COACH IN INGOLSTADT
The subject of the report is the short life of the coaching business and Nouri can tell a lot about it. He held only 64 days last year on bench of second division Ingolstadt, before he was released on 26 November – after eight games without a win and at bottom of the table. “I had just begun feeling the team but by then it was already over,” recalls Nouri, who was allowed to continue for more than a year at Werder Bremen.
If Alexander Nouri is still ambitious enough to seek a job in the German Bundesliga, that means the end of rumors about his cooperation with the Iranian Football Federation and the Team Melli Vacant position.
if the Football Federation had short-listed Nouri for negotiation, after this interviews, it seems the chances of attracting him to Iran in minimal. The jury is out stability and the competence of young Nouri , however.
Most probably, FFIRI is stuck with only one name, the jobless Javad Nekounam will is most probably the only candidate for the interim and temporary coaching post.