In an interview with the sports reporter of Tasnim news agency, Hojjat Karimi said today (Friday) about Khosrow Heydari, the coach of the Esteghlal football team last season, that he did not know Omid Ebrahimi to participate in Esteghlal. I told them that you are not in a position to form a team! I don’t want to choose players like the previous managers, and it is the head coach’s duty to choose his players. Didn’t they criticize last year that the managers of the club were hiring players without a coach? Why did I have to repeat this mistake again? When the head coach of the team has not been chosen yet, what is the reason for us to get players? Every coach has ideas and he has to decide which players to recruit.
He further added: Heydari said that Omid Ebrahimi wants to come to Esteghlal and invited me to his house to have a meeting with him. I was saddened by Heydari’s actions, how he allowed himself to invite me to his house to see Bajnaqaz! Why should I go to this gentleman’s house to see a player? Was I the head coach of the team? I told Heydari that I have a meeting and it is better for him to leave my room.
The former manager of Esteghlal Club noted: Last year, we should have put a stronger coach next to Sapinto so that he could gather the team in his absence. Unfortunately, we used those who said yes, rather than having the ability to gather the team.