The FFIRI has already announced that the contract with the German sportswear manufacturer UHLSport will be extended by suddenly the hardly known brand of Givova has cropped up in the scene and signed with the Federation as the kit supplier. The Italian firm has only one other client amongst the 210 FIFA members and that is Malta national Team.
All other famous and not so famous Asian teams have world-renowned brands such as Adidas, Puma , Nike but Kaffashian administration managed to find the most obscure brand of sport wear to supply the national team !
The other interesting fact is that the politically sensitive Iranians have elected Givova brand despite it being the supplier and sponsor of Israel National handball team.
Givova is a sportswear and footwear trademark founded in 2008 in Scafati (Italy) by Giovanni Acanfora.
Ayatollahei also dismissed fears expressed by Alireza Mansourian about the recruitment of a foreign coach for the Omid Team.
The FFIRI official emphasized that the coach will be assigned to the U-23 team or the B team and not the U-22 which will remain under Mansourian for the foreseeable future. "He should focus on his job as we have no plan on changing him, The coach we are trying to recruit is fo another TEam Melli age rank , which is the Omid or U-23" Ayatollahei said.
Ayatollahei also confirmed that the current Team Melli sponsor , a Car dealer , has been having difficulty sticking to its
contractual obligations. A last minute sponsorship deal was struck between the FFIRI and a small company that deals in importing foreignluxury cars to Iran , in what seemed like a surprise move. The deal was questioned by many observers, and it does not come as a surprise that the sponsoring company has difficulty in paying its commitment. Ayatollahei said that a last warning was given to the sponsor to respect its obligations. "Failure by the sponsor to carry out its contractual obligation will force us to cancel the contact and look for a new sponsor"