Vice President of Persepolis Club: Afsharian’s words were not logical / Sepahan’s conditions should be the same for all teams
According to the sports reporter of Fars news agency, Mohammad Mohammadi said about Persepolis’ injury from refereeing: “First of all, I must say that the refereeing community is an oppressed group compared to the heavy expenses incurred.” The most attacks are on them and they have the lowest income from football. With the slightest mistake, their performance is questioned.
He added: It is not fair for all coaches, managers and players to talk about refereeing. Humans are allowed to make mistakes. It is impossible for an arbitrator to put his honor in the middle. Of course mistakes are inadvertent. I hope it will be less. We have been hurt by refereeing in recent weeks. Naturally, we have many fans. When a mistake affects the outcome, control becomes difficult. Referee mistakes are part of football. We hope to go in the direction where the referees will suffer back injuries in this field.
Mohammadi said: “Football is now a science.” We must be up to date. It is not possible to continue with the old facilities. If we expect the referees to be up-to-date, we must provide them with up-to-date facilities.
The deputy of the Persepolis club said about the statements of the head of the referees’ committee and that it is said that Persepolis took his request from the referees’ committee: “Unfortunately, he also said this under pressure.” The coach, manager and referee may not be ready for the interview. We have to give them time to say something that does not have consequences. All my words and actions are responsible under the microscope and may have a legal burden. Afsharian’s words were not logical at that time. Surely, if he refers to his words now, he will realize that we have to deal with the consequences until the end of the league.
Regarding the words of the CEO of Persepolis that the goal is to become the champion of a particular team, he said: This comment of the CEO of the club was naturally due to the pressure after the game. Since Darvish’s presence, our practice has been to do less interviews and do our work properly. We try to work calmly and we transferred this calmness to the team. All we want is for the team to be at peace, but the team that enters the field, from management to logistics and services, all work together to make the team go to the field with flying colors.
Mohammadi clarified: Everyone has worked hard in the club for years. The whole effort of a set is called into question by one wrong whistle. Because of this, the manager of a collection is under pressure when his rights are violated. The friends who are in the referees’ committee should know that if nothing is said, it’s just that we speak on the field and play football.
The vice president of Persepolis club said regarding the friendly match between Sepahan and Zenit: It is not normal that during the league matches where the sensitivity is high at the top of the table and the teams are close to each other, the presence of a foreign team will definitely have an impact in terms of technical load, but what’s the point? It would have been more coordinated.
Regarding the fact that the head of the league organization’s competition committee announced that this game was scheduled before the World Cup, he said: Sohail Mehdi works very hard and we have special devotion to him. Now find a professional team at the first level of the world that does not know its plan for the next year. It is absolutely impossible. They say there is no problem before the World Cup. All over the world, professional teams like Zenit plan before the season. If this is possible for Sepahan, it should be possible for other teams as well.
Regarding Mehdi’s announcement that we welcome any team to play at this level, Mohammadi said: Our league is falling apart! Our team plays once every 5-6 days, why should there be a gap of 9 days now? The game against Zenit will be very good for Sepahan. All the coaches who think big are playing with a strong team, but not at this time of the season, this is all in favor of Sepahan. I hope this happens to everyone. If there is going to be such a plan, let us know as soon as possible. I was in the knockout cup draw, they said that the first and second matches of the knockout cup will be held.
The vice president of Persepolis club said about the Lokadia case: “I attended training three days before the derby.” Lukadia was very cheerful in training. When he left for practice, he told the driver to come to the hotel tomorrow to go to the practice, he called his driver one or two hours later and announced that he should go to the hotel immediately. The driver sees that he hastily gathers his things to go to the airport.
He added: He will inform the club and from there on, the international relations officer will go to them to find out what the issue is and what happened. He says that I have a family problem and I have to leave Iran immediately. He was stationed in the hotel in front of the airport since Saturday night. According to the laws of our country, all foreign players must have tax breaks. This process takes time, but according to the commitment of Lukadia and his program manager that he will return within 48 hours, with the communication Darvish made with his friends, he left the country. After 48 hours, he canceled unilaterally. Even now, legal and international friends are preparing the necessary documents to file a complaint in time.
The vice president of Persepolis club stated: We were hit technically. Two days before the crucial game, the head coach received a big shock. All his thoughts were confused. All these issues caused financial and sports losses for Persepolis.
About the quality of Pereira and his couple with Diabate, he said: Almost a month ago, during the conversation with Gul Mohammadi and Darvish’s instructions, I started negotiating with his program manager. It took 2 weeks to get things together. He has played in J League for several years and is a capable footballer. He has a very good physique and runs very well. Unlike Lukadia, who was smart, put himself in scoring position and pressed less, he is in better physical condition. I hope it is fruitful.
Mohammadi said: All the purchases were made with Gol Mohammadi’s opinion and the order of the club management, we assembled a uniform team. Someone is preferable to someone else. Our whole team is a star. I hope that harmony will be established between Pereira and the team as soon as possible. We are at his service even in bad years. We have very good people in all lines. We scored the fewest goals. God willing, we will reach the goal and plan we set at the beginning of the season at the end of the season.
Regarding the memorandum of understanding between Kaveh Rezaei and Esteghlal and whether there is a clause in the contract of Persepolis players in the name of the CEO’s consent to the player, he said: I cannot talk about another club. I am not allowed to say the terms of the players’ contracts. All contracts on the Kodal site are transparent. The provisions in the contracts are private. If there is a problem, competent authorities will take care of it. This did not happen in our time. Now the cycle is very different, the problems have increased. We became a stock market this year and it is the right of shareholders and fans to know, but some things are confidential and if there is a problem, the relevant authorities will take care of it.
Regarding Gol Mohammadi’s talk about participating in the matches with the Omid Persepolis team, he said: As the first member of the technical staff, he is under a lot of pressure. Especially after Lucadia left, he was under a lot of pressure to find a replacement. He also said that the talks were due to the pressure of the game, this is normal for everyone. Sometimes one is under pressure. A coach who has been under pressure for 90 minutes, they put a microphone in front of him after the game. This is normal, but some of the things that happened last week were not pleasant. The talks were because we were under a lot of pressure and were very annoyed. I hope these incidents will decrease in our football.
Regarding the professional license and the club’s debts to Rouyanian, Alipour and installments of Radoshovic, the vice president of the Pespolis club said: A working group has been formed in the club, which consists of almost all the vice presidents. The work is divided. We divided all the cases that AFC had faulted. Thanks to Amir Ali Hosseini, who has many years of experience in international discussions, we are moving Karhar forward.
He added: The part that concerns me regarding sports, the academy and the problems of the basic level and the senior team, by God’s grace, has been resolved by 90%. We have had abilities and facilities that we could not show well. For example, we have had the referees’ dressing room, but we have not shown it to the AFC representative. They came, they were closed and they left without any explanation. They wrote that it is among the defects.
Mohammadi said: “This year, we have a coordinated and aligned team on the field and in management.” It was possible to have a collection for bases after many years. Not to rent Sans. The director of the academy works with staff members of all ranks with a special calmness. We held classes in all categories on the topic of doping education, racism, etc., which were among the requirements of AFC.
The vice president of Persepolis club stated: These are legal and financial issues regarding the heavy debt of the clothes and also the demand from AFC. As far as I know, we want nearly 3.5 million dollars for the two Asian finals and our national players in the World Cup, but we cannot touch them. If we owe a Rial, we will be deprived. In Rado’s case, thanks to God, we were able to pay the first installment. Our debts have decreased a lot this year. Since Darvish came and I found the honor of working in Persepolis club, the staggering debts were from the past, and thank God there were no special cases.
He added: “If we can use our resources, we will not have any worries.” We have an economic working group where friends from banks are present. They are among the best in economic and legal matters. We hope the creditors will give us time. We definitely try not to have debt. I don’t think we have a special debt file at the moment. Friends work day and night. I don’t know much about clothes. We did not have clothes at this price. Even now, the uniforms of a team will not be sold at this price for several years.
In an interview with the stadium program, Mohammadi said about Persepolis club’s help to Khoi earthquake victims: The cultural vice president and cultural advisors of the club are doing some public relations work with friends. We collected items. The fans helped. We helped as much as we could by God’s grace.
The vice president of Persepolis club said regarding the VAR discussion: I attended all the meetings as a representative of the club. Our last meeting was a day when it snowed and Tehran was closed. We had a meeting with Darvish, Taj, Fethullahzadeh and the deputy minister until 7:00 p.m. at the Ministry of Sports. We hope this happens. The number and figure that is proposed for VAR is really small compared to the current expenses in our league. We are tenants when we pay rent to Azadi Stadium. The first plan was for the Development Company, Esteghlal and Persepolis to do this. With the events that happened in the last week, I think the Ministry of Sports should do this.
Regarding whether Persepolis will reach the cup this year, he said: “This is all our grief and sorrow.” It is not predictable. The charm of football is that you cannot predict any game in advance. We all want the fans to be happy. Rest assured, we will not back down. We are trying to make this happen.
Regarding the number of Persepolis players whose contracts will expire at the end of the season, Mohammadi said: I think there are one or two, I don’t have the presence of mind right now. Most people have a 2-year contract. I used to negotiate directly myself. Even Torabi and Nemati and all the children who extended are two years old.
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