According to the sports reporter of Tasnim news agency, the Esteghlal football team has set up its camp these days in a camp near the Turkish city of Ankara to prepare for the 22nd season of the premier football league. Esteghlali still intend to operate in the transfer market by recruiting Kaveh Rezaei. The officials of this club, in coordination with Ricardo Sapinto, are looking to recruit Mohammad Mohebi, and if the conditions are ready, they will also recruit a foreign player.
A look at Esteghlal’s list shows that there is a lot of traffic in the attack and midfield, and maybe with the return of this team from Turkey, the Portuguese coach will try to leave out one or two players, unless something else happens.
Below we will have a look at the status of the players in the Esteghlal list:
Inputs: Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini, Mohammad Hossein Zavari, Omid Hamidifar, Reza Mirzaei, Peyman Babaei, Kaveh Rezaei and Sajjad Shahbazadeh.
Outputs: Rudi Jested, Veria Ghafouri, Amir Hossein Hosseinzadeh, Alireza Khodabakhshi, Mohammad Daneshgar, Arash Dajliri, Zakaria Moradi, Amin Ghaseminejad, Fardin Rezab, Metin Karimzadeh, Reza Azari and Sina Khadimpour.
Goalkeeper: Seyed Hossein Hosseini, Alireza Rezaei and Sina Saidifar
Central defenders: Rafael Silva, Mohammad Hossein Muradmand, Rouzbe Cheshmi (capable of playing in the defensive midfielder position), Seyed Mohammad Hosseini and Arif Gholami
Fullbacks: (defender – midfielder)
Right defense: Saleh Hardani
Left defense: Jafar Salmani and Abolfazl Jalali
Midfielders:Rozbe Cheshmi, Mehdi Mehdipour, Zubair Niknafs, Omid Hamidifar, Mohammad Hossein Zavari, Azizbek Amanov, Saeed Mehri and Arash Razavand
Wingers:Kevin Yamaga, Reza Mirzaei, Amir Ali Sadeghi and Peyman Babaei
Tip Attackers: Arman Ramezani, Sajjad Shahbazada, Arslan Motahari and Kaveh Rezaei.
* Soban Khaqani will be out of action for a few months due to a torn cruciate ligament.
According to this report, if Mohibi is recruited to play as a winger, the Blue Poshans will still need a player for the playmaking midfielder position. It seems that Esteghlal football team will solve its need in this sector by recruiting foreign players.