Majid Hosseini @ Trabzonspor | 2019 - 2020

[Dortmund]

Apparently Turkish salaries have been awful since the Lira crashed, so I don't even think its money he's chasing

[Sepehr9]

Portugal/Maritimo would have been a much better move. If he played well in Portugal he could have moved to Porto, Benfica or Sporting and after that perhaps the Primera Division. There is no way Galatasaray, Fenerbahce or Besiktas will buy him even if he plays great there. Turkey is not a good environment for Iranian players as history has shown.

I'm guessing the salary at Kayserispor is better, anyway good luck to this fine defender.

[P.dente]

Big downgrade, but I hope he gets his game on. Unlikely to become the great player we all thought he was gonna be

[AM_89]

[ABalls]

In fairness, if prior to the last WC you said that Majid would leave to Europe afterwards and become a stalwart in Team Melli most people would've looked at you like you were crazy.

Progress isn't linear!

[ramendawg]

I think this is actually a decent move. While I would like him to move to a better team in Turkey, I don’t actually think it’s that bad of a move at this point in his career. Hosseini joon just turned 25, and while he isn’t old, he knows a bad move here could fuck Up any chance of going to a top 5 league. While Marítimo is a better team, he knows it’s going to take a while to adjust to Portugal and is going to have to learn a new language. He’s already spent 3 seasons in Turkey and has adjusted to the culture, so the time it’ll take him to adapt to Kayserispor will most likely be shorter. If he thinks he’ll be more clinical here, it’ll be the right decision. And anything In Europe is bette than Qatar 🤢 or South Korea 🤮

[Iran_19]

Trabzon is actually one of the most likeable clubs in Turkey. They don't spend not even close to the big 3 and finish in top 3-4 most of the time.

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[Dortmund]

This is 100% on his agents. Staying in Turkey and training with a worse squad is going to stagnate his career.

A free agent cb like Majid should be able to get a mid table Belgian/Portugese offer or bottom table team in SerieA/Bundesliga/La Liga.

[Nokhodi]

More than going to Qatar at the age of 24?

I know you don’t like Turkey for some reason, can’t be specific to our players since we have a small sample size and certainly none have been ruined there but if we are being totally fair here nokhodi jaan a super lig team is good for the circumstances especially if it means consistent playing time.

Majid needs to be playing at a higher than Asian level which he is in Turkey and you’d have to imagine joining a team like this he will be a consistent starter. All good things for where he is at in his career

Maybe at their better clubs, but playing for a nearly relegated Turkish club isn't going to elevate his football.

[AM_89]

If he stays in turkey, he’s destroying himself.

On paper, Turkey would the perfect gateway league to the rest of Europe for our players - it's close to use geographically, culturally etc. But it hasn't panned out like that - actually the opposite. I don't know why. Even Majid coming off that incredible World Cup at such a young age gets benched.

[Ghermez Agha]

If he stays in turkey, he’s destroying himself.

More than going to Qatar at the age of 24?

I know you don’t like Turkey for some reason, can’t be specific to our players since we have a small sample size and certainly none have been ruined there but if we are being totally fair here nokhodi jaan a super lig team is good for the circumstances especially if it means consistent playing time.

Majid needs to be playing at a higher than Asian level which he is in Turkey and you’d have to imagine joining a team like this he will be a consistent starter. All good things for where he is at in his career

[AM_89]

If he stays in turkey, he’s destroying himself.

I think Maritimo would have been the obvious choice. Seems like Portugese have great footballing culture and like our players - even ones who have started out slow like Alipour. Plus, he would for sure have one Iranian teammate and perhaps two.

[pajamNL]

Poor choice, he surely has shown enough to get way better offers??

[Kiarash]

No offers from Bundesliga or Serie A. Qatar, Russia, South Korea, Turkey, Portugal and Belgium were the countries he had offers from.

Out of all, he chose the second worst option (after Qatar / SK).

[Nokhodi]

If he stays in turkey, he’s destroying himself.