According to Mehr reporter, in a situation where more than a month has passed since the elimination of the Iranian national football team from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the assignment of the national team’s bench and the next head coach of this team is not yet known. During the first weeks after the World Cup, Iranian options were first mentioned to lead the Iranian national team, but recently it is said once again that Carlos Queiroz has a chance to continue working in Iran.
Yesterday, Mehdi Taj, the president of the Football Federation, in his short conversation with reporters about the selection of the next head coach of the national team, announced that there is no rush in this matter: “There is time now. They are working on it.”
In the meantime, the members of the board of the Football Federation have also emphasized that they have given full authority to Mehdi Taj to negotiate with his desired options. Also, the technical committee of the football federation apparently does not work officially like in the past and at least four members of this committee are far from making decisions. So this question is raised, according to Mehdi Taj, who are working on the selection of the new head coach of the national team?
Ebrahim Qasimpour, a former member of the technical committee of the federation, responded to Mehr’s reporter, saying: “I think the board of directors is only physically present in the federation.” There is no will and power to make decisions in the board of directors. They cannot pressure to make a decision. An example of this is when the technical committee removed Skocic from the national team and the board of directors decided to keep this coach. However, after Mehdi Taj took office, both Skocic was dismissed and Queiroz joined the national team bench. An option that the board of directors was against.
Qasimpour also stated that Taj emphasized that there is no rush to choose a head coach: My personal understanding of Taj’s words is that the next head coach of the national team has been chosen and agreed with him. Apparently, he is looking for a way and the rest is blackmail. As with all events, the rumor is first raised to gauge public opinion.
The former member of the technical committee of the Football Federation continued: There are a certain number of options for selecting the head coach, and after consultation and consultation, one person is selected. What else do they want to check? Is the formula of the atom bomb? When Skocic was fired, why didn’t he come to the national team quickly?
Qasimpour also answered the question that in the absence of the technical committee and the board of directors, who does Taj consult with to select the head coach of the national team? He said: When they wanted to bring the method, they took the three members of the technical committee who stabbed us in a way to the federation and apparently consulted with them, while the certificate of the technical committee is signed by seven members, not three. They may consult with the same three people now. I’m not in the loop.