Tehran, May 31, IRNA --
Managing director of Tehran's Esteqlal announced Friday
that Mansour Pour-Heidari stays among blues and works as
a technical manager.
Talking to IRNA, Ali Fat'hollah-Zadeh added that an
experienced coach from Germany or Brazil would join the
popular team of Iran in the near future.
According to the managing director, Pour-Heidari
attending the recent meeting of Technical Committee
handed in his resignation and complained of problems and
overwork.
Esteqlal owes to Pour-Heidari, said Fat'hollah-Zadeh
adding "I will support him as long as I am in charge
of Esteqlal."
Touching upon the stunning 1-0 loss of Esteqlal to
Malavan in the last week of Iran Pro League, he said that
the failure should not be merely attributed to the head
coach (Pour-Heidari) and all members of club are
responsible for the team's lackluster performance.
Pour-Heidari was decided to be on leave for one month and
restore his energies, said the official continuing that
former Esteqlal player, Amir Qal'e-Noei, was installed as
the coach and Ebrahim Talebi as his assistant. The two
newly-appointed coaches officially started work Thursday.
Fat'hollah-Zadeh said Valiollah Salehnia and Mansour
Rashidi would continue their cooperation as physical
fitness and goalkeeping coaches respectively but Parviz
Mazloumi is not a blue any longer.