According to the sports reporter of Tasnim news agency, in recent days, a picture of Mohammad Amin Marwani, a player of Esteghlal Mulathani football team, was published in the virtual space.
Marwani scored the winning goal of Khuzestan Blues in the match between Esteghlal Mulathani and Chadormeloi Ardakan on Monday. Despite being 15 points away from the relegation zone of League One table, Esteghlal is not experiencing good financial conditions and the players of this team are expecting to receive their demands from the club management. Amir Hossein Alagband is the CEO of Esteghlal Mulathani Club, which recently started its activity as a sponsor of Masjid Suleiman oil.
The sports reporter of Tasnim news agency had a conversation with Marwani in this regard, which is as follows:
* Tasnim: What are the conditions of Esteghlal Mulathani club?
The technical condition of the team is going very well, but we are economically weak and I hope the officials and representatives of the province will help us. A few weeks ago we were only one point away from the top of the table and we can still climb up to the fourth place. At the beginning of the season, managers came to help Esteghlal Mulathani, but they left us alone and the financial conditions of the club weakened.
* Tasnim: How many percent of the contract of Esteghlal Mulathani players has been paid so far?
In total, we received 10% of our contract, which is not a high figure. The ceiling of our players’ contract is about 500 million and 10% of our contract is about 10 million tomans, which is a small amount in Iranian football. A good shoe costs about 13 million tomans and a food supplement costs 20 million tomans. We do not use supplements and provide our own shoes with a thousand miseries.
* Tasnim: Recently, a picture of your peddlers was published.
I peddle with my older brother and mother. I don’t know who took a picture of me and published it online! We have to manage our lives with these things. We also have shortages in this life and we have to pay for taxi fare and shoes.
* Tasnim: What hours of the day do you sell?
I stand on the bench before training and return there after training. Sometimes, if we have a good sale, I will be at work until 12 o’clock at night. Now is the season of winter vegetables and fruits that we sell. In summer, we also bring other products such as okra. We have to sell these goods, which is tiring. Some people do not understand such issues and some ignore them.
Is it possible that the officials don’t know about the players’ conditions? Since the beginning of the season, we have been hitting on our heads and saying take care of us. In less than 10 days, we have a match with Mes Kerman Premier League team, and if we win, we may play with Esteghlal or Persepolis. In any case, we can grow very well. They should take the hands of a deprived team like Esteghlal Mulathani. All these companies and power plants are by our side, but they have never helped us.
A film of Marwani’s peddling in Malathani
* Tasnim: Are the other players of Esteghlal Mulathani engaged in jobs other than football?
Life is hard for other players. If they can’t make money from football, they have to find another job. Some players work in internet taxi; They do electrical work and plumbing.
The CEO of the club is supposed to come to Tehran in the next few days and he is supposed to pay money. My shoes were torn and I asked the CEO of the club for a pair of shoes and he got them for me. I am studying in the associate degree in physical education at Ahvaz University of Science and Technology, and I borrowed the tuition for this semester, which was about 800 thousand tomans, from one of the team players.
Chadormello has very good financial conditions and the whole province of Yazd is behind this team, but we were able to defeat them. A power plant is behind us, but only the smoke of this plant comes over our heads. We also meet with the authorities, but nothing happens. Esteghlal team is the only happiness of Mulathani people, but we have few possibilities.