TEHRAN -Iran's Football Federation announced Monday
that the final decision on the Croatian coach of the national team
Miroslav Blazevic will made soon, IRNA reported.
"The one-year contract signed between the football federation and Blazevic
ends on Friday (January 11) and if he is to keep working in Iran, another
one-year contract will have to be signed under the same terms, including
the $300,000 wage.
According to the football federation, Blazevic had reached preliminary
agreement with Iran before his January vacations in Croatia. In the past
few months, sports dailies and periodicals in Iran have continued
speculations on whether Blazevic will continue his services in Iran or
elsewhere and whether the Iranian Football Federation will renew its
contract with him.
Head of the Iranian Football Federation MP Mohsen Safaie Farahani said
Monday that if Blazevic will not renew his contract, Iran will sign
contract with another foreign coach, since he believes that, despite all
their capabilities, Iranian coaches are not suitable coached for the
national team.