“IRIFF fully supports Carlos Queiroz” – Shahram Dabiri [IRIFF Board Member]

Mehr News – TEHRAN, A member of the Football Federation presiding board has said that the Federation fully supports Carlos Queiroz, and denounces what he believes to be ‘personal opinions.’

In an interview with Mehr News, Shahram Dabiri urged support for Queiroz and criticized the ever-increasing questioning of his career with the national team. He believes that Carlos Quieroz is pretty interested in working with Iran as the national squad manager amid the clashing of ideas with the Football Federation regarding his departure or reinstatement in the position.

Mehr News sports service asked Shahram Dabiri about the Federation’s official position on the issue of the national squad manager while recent weeks events and gossip had negative feedback in international media;

“In the last session with the Board members, it was agreed, that Queiroz will continue his career with the national team. The gossip and events that ensued after the session are called personal opinions at best, as the Board takes the final decision on the subject,” he said. “The Football Federation is responsible for communicating the decision to the national team manager, and nothing else; in a visit to Germany, I noticed that Queiroz is very much interested in remaining in the position and was sorry about the handling of matters by the Federation; he was especially complaining about allegations of brokering and corrupt conduct raised against him in a session; I ensured him of the Federation’s full support; the Board agrees that Queiroz continue his career with national squad,” Dabiri told Mehr News.

“The Federation’s overall position is to support Queiroz even in his career with cadets and junior national squads; as long as he himself welcomes to work with the Federation, we will support Queiroz; I do not believe that we definitely will embrace success with having Queiroz, however, in the meantime, he is the best option available for the position; any other manager would face the risk of failure with the national squad. This is an important issue in any choice of manager for national squads,” emphasized Dabiri. “Discord damages the whole team; Ali Kafashian or other members of the Board should communicate the Board decision rather than their own personal opinions,” he concluded.