Qala Novi's clear response to critics; From rejuvenation to World Cup rewards

Defending the performance of the national team, Amir Ghalenoui accused the critics of ignoring youth and spoke of the difficult preparation conditions, the team's problems in Fifadi and the non-payment of World Cup bonuses.

Ambassador Arjan - Sports Group: The head coach of Iran's national football team says that this team has changed generations and rejuvenated, but some people have fallen asleep and don't see.

Amir Ghalenoui said about holding a ceremony honoring Iran's football greats: I thank the people for standing on the foundation of the country for more than 200 nights. A good spiritual ceremony was also held.

He also said about the fact that some countries are looking for the hosting of the Asian Cup to be taken from Saudi Arabia: the officials of the football federation should talk about this issue, but this is the double behavior they are doing towards Iran. Why should the representatives of a country with security play in a third country?

He also said: "We will check the league games visually and we will be physically present from now on."

Regarding whether another coach is going to be added to the national team instead of Timurian, he also said: He is one of the proudest of Iranian football, but he himself decided not to and we wish him success. If the conditions are right, we would like to add a foreign colleague to our team.

Regarding the presence of Ali Reza Biranvand in the list of the three final candidates for the best player in Asia, Ghalenoui said: Iran is full of talent and in the past we had players who became the man of the year in Asia, but with the problems that the country is facing, talents are less visible. If I want to talk about the World Cup, I have to write a book.

He also said about the recent Fifadi: The league was closed without coordination with me and for the first time the players were given to the national team of Omid and we had to train with 15 players. In fact, we paid because the Nagoya Games were important to us. Mr. Abdi is also a good coach and these events (removal of Omid national team from the group stage) happen in football. In this Fifadi, we got together on the night of the game and in the game against Russia, we scored on individual mistakes. In this fifadi, the head coach of the national team was paid. Both we and the governing body of the Football Federation are looking for the best performance in terms of quality, and the governing body did not set any conditions, because it puts pressure on the national team and they are wise. We seek to provide the best quality. We all have to join hands and everyone has a point of view, I listen. We are sure that we will have the best quality in the Asian Nations Cup.

He clarified: We have been on the air since the day I arrived and we have not played in Iran for more than 500 days. 15 days before the World Cup, we didn't even know if we would go to the World Cup or not. We had the worst conditions, but I believe the players gave their all. In the upcoming FIFA tournament, 90% of the players we invite are going to play in the Asian Nations Cup. We changed the generation and rejuvenated, but some people have put themselves to sleep and don't want to see. Mahmoudi, Aria Yousefi and Saleh Hardani were invited and we rejuvenated in a good way. This week we invite some critics to come to the National Football Center and talk. Once they were their own friends, everything they did was white, but now everything we do is black because we are not of their kind. The situation is that we have not received the World Cup bonus yet, but no one is saying that.

The spokesperson of the Football Federation announced that the next meeting of the Board of Directors of this Federation will be held next week with the presence of Amir Qalanewi, so that the head coach of the national team will present his plans to participate in the Asian Nations Cup.

With the end of Amir Ghalenoui's contract and the increase of speculations about the future of the bench of the Iranian national team, consultations have begun to choose a new head coach. Among the proposed options, Yahya Golmohammadi has been introduced as the most serious internal option of the Football Federation to lead the national team.

Mehdi Taj reacted to the rumors about Amir Ghalenoui's salary and rejected the figures about the monthly income of the head coach of the national team. The head of the football federation said that the initial contract for Qalanewi was 30 billion tomans.