According to Mehr reporter, after 18 years in Osasuna club, Spanish striker Roberto Torres finally left the Spanish club during the winter transfers of this season and joined Khuzestan Football Club in Iran. The team is led by Javad Nekonam.
Nekunam, who once played with Torres in the Spanish team and knows this player well, finally managed to convince him to participate in the Iranian Premier League. Although Foulad is the only representative of Iran in the Asian Champions League this season and Torres will have the opportunity to play in this competition.
In his latest interview, this Spanish striker emphasized that Nekonam had tried to recruit him before and was surprised by the conditions he experienced in Iran in the last few days.
Speaking to Radio Marca, Torres said: I came here to enjoy, to learn and to teach others what I did in Spain.
The Spanish striker emphasized: “Maybe it seems strange or difficult to understand, but since the summer Nkoname has insisted on me a lot and maybe I didn’t see it clearly at the beginning because I have spent my whole life in Pamplona and I never thought of leaving Osasuna, but Things like this happen and you have to accept it.
Torres continued: I thought it was the right time, I wanted to gain a new experience and I was attracted to this league, although it is clear that if Nekonam was not the coach, I would not have come to Foulad.
This player said goodbye to the team in Osasuna’s last match on December 31, when the coach did not even give him a minute to play. In this regard, Torres said: I wanted to play after all. The perfect scenario would be to be able to say goodbye in El Sadar and if I can’t say goodbye in Anoeta. I talked to Arasate, the head coach, about it. I’m convinced that I can play even if it’s only for a few seconds, but at the end of the day he’s the coach. It ended in a way I didn’t like, but it is what it is and there is no way around it.
According to Marca, Torres is surprised and surprised by the conditions he is experiencing in Iran. “What you see is completely different from what they tell you,” he said. I have told my friends and family to come because it is worth seeing and getting to know the people and the city. They ask you to take a souvenir photo on the street. I am happy and very proud of myself to have taken this step.