The Regional Manager of the German sports goods manufacturer UHLSport GmbH, the provider of the official kit for Team Melli reacted strongly to the comments made by Carlos Queiroz against it.
Earlier in Navad program aired on Monday, the show anchor Adel Ferdowsipour established contact with Queiroz who was in Johannesburg, to discuss the progress of Team Melli preparation. Part of the grievances that Querioz had , and he had a whole lot of it , was the status of the kits provided by UHLSport for the camp particularly that there was only one track suite per player for the whole duration of the camp which is scheduled to last for 3 weeks.
After the conclusion of the interview with Queiroz , Ferdowsipour contacted Vahid Jaffary , the Regional Manager of UHLSport GmbH in Iran to seek his opinion on Queiroz allegations.
Jaffary responded by saying that he is surprised by Queiroz allegation , yet he should not be if we look back at the events of the past.
“We are legally bound by contracts, specifying the amount , the volume and number of kits to be provided also the quality. If there are any shortages , problems or discrepancies , then the supplier (UHLSport) should be contacted directly to resolve the problem if problems exists in the first place. This the civilized and professional way of dealing with such matters.”
“However, Carlos Queiroz comes on TV and accuses my company in public which is in real term a slander. Queiroz motives are personal. I don’t want to discuss the details of it , suffice to say that during negotiations for this contract with the football federation , Queiroz demanded a few things that were not acceptable to us and we turn them down. Since then , and after we won the contract and signed with the FFIRI, the coach of Team Melli took a stand against us by bad mouthing , complaining and trying to find any excuse to ridicule our company.”
“Queiroz public display of opposition and personal vendetta started from the date we set up a ceremony to introduce the New World Cup kit. He did not attend the ceremony” Jaffary said.
“I want one of the accountable mangers of the federation who countersigned the contract and come forward , even on TV , to say whether we have carried out our part of the deal or not. Let me tell you that we already have shipped 700 kgs worth of kit to Austria for the next camp. We have also said that we are ready to provide extra kits beyond the contract up to the World Cup.”
“The interesting part of this allegation is that Querioz’s request for kits , far exceeded the number of players in the squad”
On the other hand , ALi Kaffashian was taken by surprise by the Queiroz’s allegations against UHLSport. The head of the football federation said “I don’t know what Queiroz is complaining against , we have invested 3 billion tomans for the two camps in South Africa and Austria. We have to talk to him and find out what he meant by his statements.”