Alireza Jahanbakhsh @ AZ Alkmaar | 2017 - 2018

[AsOen5]

What the hell women not being allowed in stadium has to do with Jahanbakhsh’s football.

He even criticised it in that one documentary when his mother came to Holland watching him play.

[Erfan11]

He even criticised it in that one documentary when his mother came to Holland watching him play.

Yeah all of our legionaries are open minded modern people.

[Babak agha]

Not doubting they are good players, I am sure they will be stars in the future, I was jsut commenting on the amount of attention they are getting vs the amount ARJ is getting. He has been the best player in the league for over a year now, and is playing for a team that is just so clearly inferior to PSV and Ajax. His stats could easily be double what they are if he didnt have garbage players around him.

Alot of star players from the smaller teams such as AZ or Heerenveen fail to impress when transfering to PSV or Ajax, let alone even higher levels. So that's why top players of Ajax, Feyenoord and PSV get way more attention.
Also I wouldn't say JB is the best player of the league at
this moment. He is however recognized as on of the best as he should be.

[PersianLegion]

Eredivisie is not a top class league in Europe. Look at Netherlands team not even qualified for WC. Other than Ajax, PSV and sometimes Feyenoord all other teams are there for fun. They have no concept of defense in dutch teams and all they do is to make younger player grow there and export them to overseas. A lot of Iranian players can tear Eredivisie apart if they play there. Barzay, Ghaedi, Nourafkan, Hosseini, Alipour, Moharami, Amiri, Musalman, Beiranvand, Torabi, Mehrmo, Milmo, Ehsan Pahlevan, Tabrizi, Alisha, ... even players like Delfi and Sayyadmanesh can be sensational there.

I would say JB is a good player but wasting more than 2 years for him in Dutch league was a great mistake. He should have moved out of Eredivisie long time ago. He was a great player in NEC and his world cup experience shows this. He would have moved to better team right then. He had an offer from Norwich in EPL but he turned it down I believe. Dutch or Belgian leagues are good for development of youth players and Greek or Russian leagues are better for our veteran or over 24 years old players to have international exposure. Young Iranian players should avoid Russian league or QSL and move at least to Greek or Dutch league, show their skills and wrap up to move to better leagues such as Portuguese or French leagues at least.

[04041374]

Btw. his goal was assisted by Oussama Idrissi, who has Moroccan roots and recently joined AZ.

Jadou, do you know if Morocco is interested in calling up Idrissi? He played for all Dutch youth teams.

[Kiarash]

Alireza Jahanbakhsh @ AZ Alkmaar | 2017 - 2018

Jahanbakhsh is way better than hyped up players like Neres and Ziyech or Lozano simply because he is playing for a much weaker AZ team and is still scoring / assisting regularly.

That is alone more impressive than shining for PSV or Ajax since their team mates are superior in terms of quality when compared to AZ, which means better service. JB is simply doing a one man job with Weghorst and such missing so many opportunities coming from JB’s passes and actions.

Btw Ziyech was crap against Utrecht recently, Hosseini and PAG can neutralize him completely.

[PersianLegion]

Lozano is definitely better than JB. That dude has a beast mode on him. Mexico without Lozano will lose a lot of fire power.

[koush22]

If JB's teammates weren't trash, he would have 20+ assists by now. They miss sitter after sitter that he plates up for them. How can anyone deny he is the best player in the league.

[Leicester City]

Lozano is definitely better than JB. That dude has a beast mode on him. Mexico without Lozano will lose a lot of fire power.

No he's not, he is just overrated and overhyped by people. Additionally, he actually has teammates who can actually finish a ball.

[Mr Pouya]

lol, these factors shouldnt have any effect on ARJ. America is objectively responsible for the most destruction and death on the planet, does that mean that U.S players should be discriminated against ? no , that would be ridiculous. Turkish players are from a country that refuses to recognize an entire genocide their country committed. Most of the players probably think the same, should this prevent them from signing for other teams ? Please dont try to justify clear bullshit

I don't agree with the OP but all the stuff you mentioned maybe right but non of those countries mix politics with sports unlike Iran.

[inarsenewetrust]

I don't agree with the OP but all the stuff you mentioned maybe right but non of those countries mix politics with sports unlike Iran.

First of all the fact that IR doesnt let women into stadiums has nothing to do with any european club, so the connection there is zero. As for the israel thing, the chances are so slim, and they can simply say the player is injured for that one game in 5 years . I mean think of all the positives of signing ARJ, then think of the negatives. Would " cant play vs israeli opposition" truly matter to anybody

[Amin_]

Please vote for Alireza for the player of the week:

http://www.voetbalinside.nl/spelerweek

[greenguy4life]

Please vote for Alireza for the player of the week:

http://www.voetbalinside.nl/spelerweek

If he doesn't win this, it would be a travesty. He was excellent.

[ehsan singapore]

i hope he wins

[Kian Persepolis]

He got a perfect rating of 10 from WhoScored