Khodabandehlou Has Several Competitors Ready;/ Why Was the Persepolis Star Not Called Up? Ghalenoei Explains!

Head coach of the national team Amir Ghalenoei has explained the decision not to call up Mohammad Khodabandehlou to the September training camp.

According to "Varzesh Se", Mohammad Khodabandelou was one of the best players in the Premier League in the new season and played an important role in the good performance and successful results of Persepolis. But Amir Ghalenoui, who invited this 27-year-old Persepolis midfielder last year in the Kafa tournament in September, did not show any desire to use Mohammad Khodabandelo again in the recent camp. Amir Ghalenoui spoke about this in an interview and claimed that the Persepolis midfielder has many competitors in his position in the national team, and this issue was the main reason why he was not invited to the national team camp.

Amir Qalanoi said: I speak clearly in this regard. In the national team, apart from the position of goalkeeper, center back and almost defensive midfielder, you cannot use more than two people. Of course, we sometimes have transfers and, for example, we use Aria Yousefi in the position of left winger or left wingback. The reason for this is that Aria Yousefi is a capable player and a key player.

We have a real problem in the left back position, you see Persepolis, they put an unspecialized player in the left back position. Mehdi Tikdari was my player and his age is not low either. We are really having trouble with a series of posts. As for the defensive midfield, we have four or five players. Mohammad Khodabandelou was my player and he was invited to the national team only during my period and he came to Golgohar during my time and experienced his best football conditions and then went to Persepolis. In this post, we have Saeed Ezzatullahi and Mohammad Ghorbani, and Arif Haji Eidi and Omid Noorafkon are also there. I was really sad that I crossed out Omid Lufaken in the 90th minute before the World Cup.