Iranian Player Lodges Complaint, As If Nothing Happened! / Babaei: Persepolis Were Also Happy With the Draw

Esmaeil Babaei, Khaibar Khorramabad player, praised both teams' performances after his side's goalless draw against Persepolis and also spoke about his unpaid dues from Esteghlal Khuzestan.

According to "Varzesh Se", Khyber Khorramabad reached a goalless draw in a close match against Persepolis. Babai, who has a history of playing in Esteghlal Khuzestan, explained about the flow of the game and his financial problems with his former club after this match.

Babaei said about the match: "It is always difficult to play against a good team like Persepolis, but I think we started very well and had a good first half." "I don't think we gave Persepolis that much chance in the first half."

He continued: "In the second half, according to the conditions of the Persepolis team, they had one or two good opportunities, but it was one of those games where both teams were satisfied with a draw." It was not that only we were satisfied. "We also had good chances, including free kicks and one or two one-on-one situations, but we couldn't take advantage and in the end the points were shared."

The Khyber player said about his demands from Esteghlal Khuzestan: "I finished the season two years ago and 60% of my contract was left. I want about 6 billion tomans. Considering the conditions of the country, calculate for yourself how much the value of my money has decreased during these two years. "Two years have passed and I still haven't received my money."

Babaei added: "I went through all the legal procedures. I filed a complaint, paid the necessary costs for the follow-up, and the decision of the status determination committee was issued. "Somehow, a verdict was issued in my favor, but after two years, I still haven't received my money."

He continued criticizing the process of execution of sentences: "The window of Khuzestan's independence was closed, but I don't know how it is that when a foreign player complains, the window is closed, but when an Iranian player complains, nothing changes. The Iranian player who complains, as if not! "The foreign player must file a complaint so that the international window is closed and new players cannot be registered."

Babaei said: "We are seven or eight players who were present in Esteghlal Khuzestan two years ago and we talk about our demands every day, but nothing has happened. Mr. Behnam Abolqassimpour had a conversation with my lawyer and two months ago they told me that we will pay you in a month, but two months have passed and there is still no news."

He said about the difference in dealing with Iranian and foreign players: "The strange part of the story is that no problem has occurred for Esteghlal Club of Khuzestan." What is the difference between me who played 30 games for the club that season and there is a player who maybe didn't play 10 games and complained and got his money?"

Babaei added: "The foreign player's contract is in dollars, and if he gets his money two years later, it won't make much difference to him, but my contract was in Rials." Considering the economic conditions, calculate for yourself how much I have lost."

In the end, the Khyber player said: "Whenever I leave a club, I have to file a complaint to receive my demands. I am still looking for the same 6 billion tomans that were left in our contract. No amount has been added to it. Sometimes the previous club comes and says to give 1 billion and take the rest of your money. While the value of my money has reached half or less during these two years. "I really don't know who to tell to get my money."