According to Tasnim news agency, Arne Slot, after his students won 2-0 against Club Brugge of Belgium last evening (Wednesday) in a friendly match, in response to the rumors that the managers of this Dutch club are planning to sell Alireza Jahanbakhsh to the network “ESPN” television in Holland said: Jahanbakhsh has been with us for two years and I have not talked to him about this at all. You saw that he also played against Brugge (he came on at the start of the second half). It is true that Ali played sometimes last season and sometimes he didn’t get a chance to play, but the most important thing is what he himself thinks about this. There are a number of players in the team who have improved very well.
He added: Because Ali played under me for a long time, he knew that I always put a player in my team to play who is the best choice for the team. If Jahanbahesh is the right option to play for the team, he will play, and if another player is the best option to be included in the team, he will go to the field. Ali must determine whether he is satisfied if I do not select him to be in the starting line-up. Anyway, the rumor that entered the media about Ali was not my opinion.
29-year-old Jahanbakhsh was in Arena Slot’s programs last season and played a total of 41 games for Feyenoord and scored 8 goals and provided 10 assists. He, who averaged 52 minutes per game for Feyenoord, has another year under his contract with the Dutch club.
Amir Hashemi Moghadam, director of Alireza Jahanbahesh’s programs yesterday, in an interview with Tasnim, denied the claim made by a Dutch website that Feyenoord intends to sell this Iranian winger this summer and called it a baseless rumor.