According to the Tasnim news agency, the website of the Football Federation wrote in this regard: “The Football Federation, as the guardian of the country’s football, always considers itself a supporter of club teams and has defended the indisputable rights of football, the most important of which is the payment of television broadcasting rights. This policy is more pronounced regarding the Iranian teams present in the AFC Champions League and the federation has provided its advisory opinions to the clubs over the past years to remove the obstacles to participating in the AFC Champions League and provided the necessary support for a strong presence in Asia from the representatives of our country in Asia. and fortunately, with the efforts and numerous meetings of the head of the football federation with the officials of the Asian Football Confederation, the ground for lifting the suspension of club football to participate in the Champions League was provided.
Definitely, the opinion of the directors of the football federation and the respected board of directors at the head of it was and still is the same about the Esteghlal and Persepolis clubs. Even the Asian Football Confederation was unhappy with the elimination of these two clubs in the last season, because the presence of these two teams in the Champions League caused The number of spectators and audience of the Champions League will increase. However, there was no choice but to comply with the professional requirements of the Champions League. Finally, with the efforts of the Football Federation and the use of all managerial and legal powers by the Federation in the Asian Football Confederation, this ban was canceled so that the initial steps for uploading the documents and obtaining a professional license can be provided, and the Board of Governors is also responsible for being accused of bias and support. From one of the two biggest clubs in our country, on the one hand, and on the other hand, not complying with the current laws and regulations, for example, during the time management period, the federation transferred 10 billion tomans from the account of the football federation to the Persepolis club, based on the emphasis of the Ministry of Sports and Youth. It was announced to the Federation as a violation by the Court of Public Accounts of the country.
Therefore, the federation considers itself bound to observe neutrality and implement legal requirements, but it always has a supportive and national view towards the clubs in Asia, and in this regard, it makes its efforts to increase the income of the clubs through legal means, because the biggest problem In order to shine in Asia, the clubs of our country do not have stable income from legal sources in world football.
