Commander of the middle line; / Star of Persepolis, after the bitter sentence of Qalanewi! (photo)

Mohammad Khodabandelou, the 27-year-old midfielder of Persepolis, will look to continue his brilliant days in the current season.

According to "Varzesh Se", Mohammad Khodabandelou has been one of the best players of his team in the new season, who has a constant position in the Persepolis team and has been highly noticed by Mehdi Tartar. This 27-year-old star managed to score once against Esteghlal Khuzestan in the new season, and of course, he has also taken the pulse of Persepolis' midfield. But Amir Ghalenoui, the experienced head coach of Iran's national team, spoke today in response to a question about the non-invitation of Mohammad Khodabandelou.

The head coach of the national team claimed that they have four or five ready defensive midfielders in this position; Players like Saeed Ezzatollahi, Mohammad Ghorbani, Haji Eidi and Omid Nourafken are participating in the national team camp, and because of this, Khodabandelou was not invited to the national team. Therefore, Persepolis fanatic star will have a difficult time to participate in the Asian Nations Cup. Mohammad Khodabandelou was invited to the national team by Amir Qalanewi last year during the Kafa tournament, but he suffered an injury at that time and we saw the absence of this player from the national team since September of last year.

However, if the brilliant trend continues, probably the head coach of the national team will have no choice but to use Mohammad Khodabandelou among his team players. Of course, this post in the national team is facing heavy traffic and some high-quality and famous players are fighting to be in the regular lineup. However, Mohammad Khodabandelou was one of the good players of the new season and he can hope to return to the national team if the process continues.