Mehrdad Mohammadi @ C.D. Aves | 2019-2020

[pajamNL]

Bro, they didn't even pay him the last few weeks he left early because of that. What do you want him to do?

It was during COVID, he hadn't scored for a while, no one was going to sign him.

He had other offers, he didn't had to stay @ Aves ; - )

[ehsan_REAL1]

He could've stayed after his good peformance @Aves, but he went for the $$$.

Bro, they didn't even pay him the last few weeks he left early because of that. What do you want him to do?

It was during COVID, he hadn't scored for a while, no one was going to sign him.

[inarsenewetrust]

He could've stayed after his good peformance @Aves, but he went for the $$$.

Can’t fault him for that. Unlike others (PAG,Taremi,ARJ) he has not been on big money contracts in his life. For sepahan he was a solid player, not a star, and his contract was probably in line with that. Besides that I doubt he ever made much money through time in rah ahan, etc. even aves failed to pay him a big chunk of his wages (did same time rest of team) which is why he was allowed to leave on a free. It’s not like he’s very young or has the talent to get to a massive EU team and big contract there.

Him and milad come from a financially poor background and area, he got the chance to make many millions in Qatar to change his family/friends lives and went for it. Good news is after a couple years he will still be young enough / have strong enough reputation that a midtable Portuguese team could easily go for him again

[pajamNL]

His first season in Qatar was quite good, he scored 12 goals, gave 2 assists in 22 games for Al-Arabi. Those are pretty impressive stats for a 7th placed QSL team. I hope we will see this guy back in Europe, he still has good age and I'm sure there will be teams after him with a higher calibre than CD Aves. Really liked what I saw from him.

He could've stayed after his good peformance @Aves, but he went for the $$$.

[Kiarash]

His first season in Qatar was quite good, he scored 12 goals, gave 2 assists in 22 games for Al-Arabi. Those are pretty impressive stats for a 7th placed QSL team. I hope we will see this guy back in Europe, he still has good age and I'm sure there will be teams after him with a higher calibre than CD Aves. Really liked what I saw from him.

[PrinceAli]

If what you're saying was true, he would have offers left and right from European teams which he clearly does not. If he was 21 different story.

He’s Iranian. Have you not understood yet that Iranian players have it harder due to politics? And how do you know he hasn’t gotten any Euro offers?

[Ali Doust]

To say a 26 yr old who just played his first season in Europe has maxed out his potential seems pretty unfair. Pretty much none of us expected him to have this performance in his first year in Portugal so it’s not really out of the realm of possibility for him to continue to surprise and grow as a player..

If what you're saying was true, he would have offers left and right from European teams which he clearly does not. If he was 21 different story.

[JoojehKoobedeh2]

Does anyone realisticly believe that Mehrdad had what it took to climb up the ladder in European competitions? What we saw from him last season is the best you get an d no one is begging for talent of his caliber given his age. Teams are always looking to flip a profit and with Mehrdad right now, you will pay premium and will not flip any profit. He himself knows that as well. Going to Qatar to make easy money at his age is a smart decision. The man has a family, let him take care of them. It's a business at the end of the day.

He never had the making of a varsity athlete

[BacheLot]

like i said before, for iranian players the biggest motive for taking the difficult EU club career route is to establish yourself as a more legitimate TM Player and enhancing your International player profile..!!
his position for gaining consistent enough playing minutes in the already crowded attacking line of current TM roster was Weak @ best...! especially comparing him to other far more formidable candidates who were also already applying their trade in even more competitive EU club setting and performing even more admirably than him ...!!

so when the big money from gutter come calling, it was'nt all that hard, nor per say far more $en$ibel decision to make ...!!
in all honesty i probably woulda done the same if i were him

[inarsenewetrust]

seriously if you watched him at all this season you would be mightily impressed. Just because some of our players dont shine much in our lousy "league" doesnt mean they cannot be very useful players in EU environment.

his performances vs benfica, guimaraes, etc all showed a very fast direct player with excellent shooting ability who can provide a problem for defenses and really stretch the game. Im very surprised he is going to qatar judging from his interview with misaghi a couple weeks ago where he specifically mentioned the great offers from qatar but said he has no real intention of going there and prefers to continue in europe now. But maybe the money was too good to turn down, especially for a player who probably had some avg iranian wage package at sepahan and nothing before that at rah ahan. And then had half his wage not paid at aves.

Do I think that he could be useful for TM in some situations? Yes. What other player do we have on offensive line who brings his raw speed and direct style. Definitely not as a starter but as a sub who can impact games late on with his speed and directness he is a more useful option to change something in the game than ansarifard, who really floats around and accomplishes little of note but wasting great chance after great chance, and has a similar style to kaveh who I think many would agree has proven in past two seasons he is a better player than karim. Plus mehrdad can be brought on as an effective RW too.

Would he hit the major heights of EU football, no. But doesnt mean he couldnt be a very useful player for EL level team like Guimaraes, midtable french team. God knows they have a ton of garbage that plays for them and nobody bats an eye.

[PrinceAli]

Does anyone realisticly believe that Mehrdad had what it took to climb up the ladder in European competitions? What we saw from him last season is the best you get an d no one is begging for talent of his caliber given his age. Teams are always looking to flip a profit and with Mehrdad right now, you will pay premium and will not flip any profit. He himself knows that as well. Going to Qatar to make easy money at his age is a smart decision. The man has a family, let him take care of them. It's a business at the end of the day.

To say a 26 yr old who just played his first season in Europe has maxed out his potential seems pretty unfair. Pretty much none of us expected him to have this performance in his first year in Portugal so it’s not really out of the realm of possibility for him to continue to surprise and grow as a player..

[Ali Doust]

Does anyone realisticly believe that Mehrdad had what it took to climb up the ladder in European competitions? What we saw from him last season is the best you get an d no one is begging for talent of his caliber given his age. Teams are always looking to flip a profit and with Mehrdad right now, you will pay premium and will not flip any profit. He himself knows that as well. Going to Qatar to make easy money at his age is a smart decision. The man has a family, let him take care of them. It's a business at the end of the day.

[PSGman#19]

To compare the current status of the Qatar and UAE leagues shows a level of ignorance that shouldn’t be paid attention to. The entire TM of Qatar plays in that league that was just crowned champions of Asia not to mention their teams continuously making runs at ACL titles. UAE is more like KSA and blindly spends money with no plan - Qatar very clearly had plans and in recent years is seeing the fruits of their labor. So again, anyone who chooses not to acknowledge this is not worth responding to.
Of course it would be disappointing to see mehrdad leave Europe after working hard and showing his quality this past season. But we shouldn’t call the guy names and oust him from TM bc he chose Qatar over Europe....many, many before him have done the same. Blame IR and the government for creating a society where ppl are starving and desperate that even “professional” footballers have to figure out how they can make their $ and live comfortably post retirement.

Countries with comparable situation or worse than Iran (africa, south America) don't see so much main players flushing their best years for easy money.
The problem isn't mehrmo, it is this trend. At least half of our national players from 2014 broke their euro spell for easy money

[Ardalan]

The guy can still use his best football years to play in decent euro league, dont worry qatar will still be after him in 3 or 4 years.

Moshkele asli hamin ast. Inhaa dar behtarin salhaaye herfeyishoon miran Qatar, Emarat o Chin.

[Ardalan]

To compare the current status of the Qatar and UAE leagues shows a level of ignorance that shouldn’t be paid attention to. The entire TM of Qatar plays in that league that was just crowned champions of Asia not to mention their teams continuously making runs at ACL titles. UAE is more like KSA and blindly spends money with no plan - Qatar very clearly had plans and in recent years is seeing the fruits of their labor. So again, anyone who chooses not to acknowledge this is not worth responding to.

Of course it would be disappointing to see mehrdad leave Europe after working hard and showing his quality this past season. But we shouldn’t call the guy names and oust him from TM bc he chose Qatar over Europe....many, many before him have done the same. Blame IR and the government for creating a society where ppl are starving and desperate that even “professional” footballers have to figure out how they can make their $ and live comfortably post retirement.

Dooste aziz, Ghermez Agha Dar in mored be nazar mirese nazarhaa va didgahaaye mokhtalef daarim.

Man vaghti baazihaaye lige Qatar raa mibinam bayad begam vaghean keifiyaat paayini daare az nazare tekniki, taktiki, va kaare gorohi.

Emarat az Qatar ham keifiyaat paayintare, in harf doroste.

Manzoram ine ke sathe lige Qatar vaghean paayine. Hatta agar adam baazihaaye Deportivo Aves ra negaah kone ke badtarin teame lige 1 Porteghaal

bood va moghaayese kone ba tarze baazi kardane in teamhaaye qatari ke millionhaa dollar be bazikonhaashoon midan va dar bashgaah sarmayegoozari

mikonan ye joorhaayi bayad goft aberoo-rizie.

Noghteye dovvom ine ke pishrafte TM Qatar dar jaame Asia be nazare man kheili bishtar rabt daare be Federatione Qatar ke yek morrabi khoob gerefte,

ordohaaye khoobi bargozaar mikone, baazihaaye dostaneye besyaar monaaseb joor mikone, va CHANDIN saale in bazikonhaa ba ham baazi mikonan.