According to Mehr reporter, the championship of Persepolis football team in the 22nd edition of the Premier League together with the elimination cup of the last season made this team automatically win the championship of the country’s football super cup.
However, the country’s club football rules without any reward for these championships made the Reds not only get rid of financial problems, but also pay them nearly 66 billion tomans more to pay the team members’ championship bonuses.
To pay the financial demands of the team members, the Shahrpoushan of the capital had to take foreign currency and rial loans so that they could pay the last season’s contracts in full.
Stock exchange money savings for a heavy loan
Persepolis club took a loan of 138 billion tomans to pay its claims, and it should have a repayment of 151 billion and 159 million tomans. The repayment of this amount was made according to the deposit of the proceeds from the sale of the initial offering of the club’s shares, and the Reds only have to return a small amount from the club’s account to the bank to settle the loan installments received. All this money was completely spent last season on internal debts as well as player contracts, so that there are no numbers left for this year. It is natural that the sum total of the contracts of players, coaches, basic teams, medical staff, supplies, etc. of a club like Persepolis is more than this figure. Persepolis also obtained the rest of this amount through its financial sponsors and the wealthy fan so that it could settle the contract with all the team members except for their bonuses.
The currency of two and a half million dollars was used up
Persepolis club, like Esteghlal, took a loan of 2.5 million dollars from Amel Bank to pay its foreign currency debts and current dollar contracts. In order to receive this money, they provided the bank with the certificate of the Shahada Anoham Stadium and promised to return this money to the bank in foreign currency.
There is no obligation to maintain the stadium in the mortgage
Amel Bank took a written guarantee from Persepolis Club to guarantee the repayment of two and a half million dollars. If this club is able to receive part of its claims from AFC and FIFA, this amount must be returned to the bank. The noteworthy point here is that there is no talk about the long-term delay in receiving this foreign currency amount and that the Shahada Anhomesh Stadium is not for sale. In fact, there is no written guarantee that the foreign currency loan money will be returned only through the revenues of this club in the international football institutions. In other words, Amal Bank can proceed with the sale of Shohada Anohomim Stadium after receiving legal notice of not receiving money from FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation.
There is not one dollar left; The currency has not returned either
Reza Darvish, CEO of the club, had no choice but to pay all his foreign currency debts in order to obtain a professional license. He also decided to pay the contract of foreigners like domestic players so that there would not be any problems in the team’s dressing room due to the disparity of payment to players and coaches.
Darvish’s payments continued until July 1402 to spend the entire amount of 2,500,000 dollars and wait for AFC’s payment to return it to the bank, but this has not happened yet.
The income is 4 million dollars
FIFA owes Persepolis 640,000 dollars for the participation of Persepolis players in the 2022 World Cup, and the Asian Football Confederation owes Persepolis 3,420,000 dollars for the participation of this team in the 2020 and 2021 Champions League, but Iran’s banking sanctions prevent the transfer of this money. Persepolis cannot pay it.
The skimmer is at the bottom of the pot
Now, Darvish has started the 23rd League with an empty foreign currency account, so that he will face a lot of problems to pay only 10% of the foreign currency contract of the team, but Hazal bought the remaining 15 billion tomans from the sale of the club’s shares in the initial offering. With the help of another fan of the club, he can pay for foreign coaches and players.
Persepolis, which has not yet signed a definitive contract with its sponsors, cannot borrow money from the bank for the time being, so that it does not have good financial conditions for the upcoming season.