According to the Mehr reporter, Branko Ivankovic, after several successful seasons in Persepolis, first went to Al-Ahly Saudi Arabia and after working for a few months and being fired from this team, he went to Oman.
Bronko led the Oman national football team in the qualifying stage of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Although he failed to lead Oman to the World Cup, he won the quota for the 2023 Asian Nations Cup and the Oman Federation extended the coach’s contract.
However, it seems that the rumors of the change of the technical staff of the Iranian national football team and the positive view of Mehdi Taj, the new head of the Iranian Federation, on Bronko, have made the rumors of this coach’s return to Iran’s bench more prominent. After Taj was elected as the president of the Football Federation, one of the MPs quoted him as saying that “Taj has a positive opinion on Branko Ivankovic, Carlos Queiroz and Amir Ghale Nooyi.”
Today, some Omani media announced the termination of Bronco’s contract with the Oman national team; News that has not been officially confirmed or denied until now.
For example, the Twitter page of “Mojad Labtna al-Riyadhi” published this news, quoting from various news sources.
Also, the “Oman Front” Twitter page raised the question of Bronco’s departure and pointed to the Iranian media news about Bronco’s presence on the bench of the national team in the 2022 World Cup.
Mehr reporter contacted “Walid Al-Abri” Omani reporter to follow up on this issue. In this regard, Waleed said: I heard yesterday that he will not continue with the Oman national team. Today my friend called Branko and he said he will “continue to work with Oman”. However, I think he has an offer from Iran.
According to Mehr’s reporter, it was about a month ago that Branko claimed in a conversation with one of the Croatian media that despite having a contract with Oman, he can leave this team. He said: “I am the coach of the national team of Oman. In February, I renewed my contract there for another two years, until 2024. I have in my contract that I have to pay fines in case of separation, so if I want, if I accept an offer, if I have better conditions somewhere, it’s no problem to go.”