Youth Player Also Has an Agent / Persepolis Forward Banned from Entering Derafshifar!

Despite a poor start by Persepolis' Under-23 side, Bahador Abdi claimed he is in charge of the best youth team in several years.

According to "Verzeh Se", Persepolis club has invested in the category of basic teams in recent months, and it seems that this year more funds have been considered for teams other than adults. Now Bahadur Abdi, the head coach of the Omid team, in an interview with Iran Sports, claimed that it is not possible to keep players like Pouria Shahrabadi in the Omid team, and there is no other choice but to give these players to the senior team.

*Your team only got 5 points from the first 4 games. Why is your start so weak?

It is not weak, you should look at last year. Last year, we had one of the worst Omid teams, which ended up finishing fifth with 17 points difference from the champion. Yes, earlier in the season, we were 13th and 14th, but we changed between 27 and 30 players from that team. We brought more than 12 players from Saipa and Pikan teams, which were the two teams at the top of the table. Our main six people are on the stands and injured, and the artificial grass has hurt the team. Our pre-season also lasted about four and a half months. The captain of our team, Mir Shafiian, also joined the senior team a week before the start of the games.

* Is the artificial grass of Darfashifar stadium good quality?

In general, the nature of artificial grass is harmful. We have been training since May 20, and of course one of our injured has just started running. The others are arriving little by little and we have told the medical staff to be patient.

* Why did the preseason take so long?

Well, the football board kept postponing the matches and the games started just a month ago. Because of this, our pre-season was eroded.

* None of your players in the youth team rose?

We brought two or three people, but some of them also joined Premier League teams like Shams Azar, Golgohar and Pikan in the senior category.

* Does that mean you couldn't save the rest?

Well, 7-8 of us play at the professional level, but the rest could not meet the demands of the agents.

* Does the youth player have an agent?

Now the young players also have agents and it is different from the old days. Now you have to talk to the player's agent and his parents.

*With the recent results, isn't it difficult for you?

The tournament format is such that the results of the first half of the season are not very important and you only need to be among the first 12 teams in the table. After that, in the 20th week, groups of six teams will be created and the matches will be followed. In fact, the points of the first half of the season are not useful for the championship. In the last 10 years, we did not expect the team to be this good. We got 10-12 players from the best teams in Tehran. We took Mr. Gul Kishore, who was the captain of Zob Ahn, the captain of Noonhalan and Omid Foulad, and the captain of Sepahan B.

*Can't you use Alireza Mirshafiian in your matches?

This year, Omidah's age group was cut and according to the rules of these players, they must either play for the senior team or Omidah's last year. Since the seniors are the priority, Ishan, who was our captain, joined the senior team and we are also happy that we gave a player to the senior team at the beginning of our career.

Was Shahrabadi's name also rejected for the Omid team?

At first, yes, but later they announced that he was included in the under-21 quota. The player worth 100 billion cannot be brought to Darfashifar Stadium. Of course, we don't have room either. We have enough quality players and if injuries arrive, we won't have a problem.

* Some players in lower age groups are in very good physical condition. Can you use them in Team Omid?

By the way, yesterday we had a meeting with Ehsan Khorsandi, the youth head coach. We can allocate 10 youth players and use them wherever necessary.

* How was the club's support from Team Omid?

Very well, the facility we have has no team. Of course, I don't know about the conditions of clubs like Sepahan and Foulad, but no team in Tehran has our facilities. Whether in terms of payment, training facilities, dormitories and other issues. We have seen many CEOs in this club, but Mr. Haddadi is very up-to-date. He closely observes all four basic levels and knows many of our players by name. He receives reports from us every game and follows up on our team's issues.

In the Omid category, national players play in the Premier League, but in the current youth team and last year's team, we had national players.