A member of the parliamentary Sports Sub-Committee faction has severely criticized Carlos Queiroz , the head coach of Team Melli , for failing to meet his obligations towards his duty. The Majlis representative censured the contract with Queiroz and said “ When the contract was signed in the manner of Treaty Turkmenchay* with some articles that are not enforceable, one should expect these indiscretions”
According to Mehr news agency, Seyyed Shrarif Hosseini was particularly concerned with the long and frequent vacations that the Portuguese head coach embarks on the rumors that Queiroz’s is negotiating to sign with the national team of Mexico and said “the development of football in Iran necessitates quality and class coaches, but the Football Federation and the Ministry of Sport should have full control on the coach and not allow him to act autonomously and as he pleases. It is safe to say that Queiroz is controlling the federation and dictating his terms, rather than the other way round.”
Representative of Ahvaz in Iranian Parliament added that this situation has arisen because of external factors. Those other factors than the Federation and the Ministry were involved in the contract, and Queiroz manipulated the federation by including many clauses which has led in many cases for the coach to allow him to not to carry out his commitments and duties but escape punitive actions.
He said state television devoted several programs to the survey and posting polls in regard to Queiroz , and since there was a large percentage of voters favoring Queiroz, the federation (FFIRI) felt it was under pressure to sign with the Portuguese coach under difficult conditions. In a way, Queiroz held the federation at ransom because they (FFIRI) dreaded to go against the will of the people.
Hosseini said in an interview with news agency “As someone who specializes in football , I strongly believe that everyone should do their job in an organization, it is a collective work. Respect for authority and peer reverence should be maintained so that the Football Federation does not fall under pressure during decision-making in coordination with the Ministry of Sports. Iran football will not be destroyed if Queiroz leaves, and if he remains, I doubt that he will make us world champions, but now we must wait and see what he decides.”
Carlos Queiroz was last on duty on 11th of June in the match with Turkmenistan. After returning to Tehran, he left for an extended leave to his native Portugal, where he still remains. Queiroz next official assignment is to attend the AFC sponsored conference 1st AFC Conference for National Team Coaches in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on August 18th-20th.
While there is only one month left to the match against Guam in the preliminaries of the FIFA World Cup 2018, Team Melli has not gathered yet since the Turkmenistan match.
* Treaty Turkmenchay* :عهدنامه ترکمنچای : a treaty signed between the Persian and the Russian Empires which concluded the Russo-Persian War (1826–28). It enforced hard conditions on Persia including the seizure of Russians of many territories of Persia.