{"id":31311,"date":"2018-04-06T12:37:56","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T19:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=31311"},"modified":"2018-04-06T12:45:45","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T19:45:45","slug":"midfielder-navid-nasseri-hoping-to-impress-boss-gillingham-steve-lovell-and-win-a-new-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2018\/04\/06\/midfielder-navid-nasseri-hoping-to-impress-boss-gillingham-steve-lovell-and-win-a-new-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Midfielder Navid Nasseri hoping to impress Gillingham boss Steve Lovell and win a new deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kent Online &#8211; GILLINGHAM, <strong>Navid Nasseri might have missed his chance for World Cup selection but he\u2019s got plenty to aim for.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The attacking midfielder, capped by Iran at under-21 level, had to wait three months for his first Gillingham start.<\/p>\n<p>A goal on his debut against MK Dons was followed by a decent showing at Southend, coming on in the second half on what was a torrid day for the Gills, losing 4-0.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s now got seven more games to show what he can do and earn a new deal at the club, that being the focus rather than Iran\u2019s forthcoming World Cup appearance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to put my stamp on the league,\u201d said the 21-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully I can get some more goals and assists before the end of the season so that people start tuning in and the gaffer can see what I can do for next season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think from the two games I have shown glimpses of what I can do and there is definitely more to come as well. I am excited and happy to be a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manchester-born Nasseri, who qualifies to play for Iran through his parents, made his Football League debut as a late substitute for the Gills at Portsmouth.<\/p>\n<p>But despite being unfamiliar to many, he feels a season in Sweden, playing for Syrianska, has already given him plenty of experience.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cI was involved on the bench at Bury as a young lad but I never got on. Competitively in the UK these are my first games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of people don\u2019t understand or appreciate that the standard abroad is quite high and you come back here and the level isn\u2019t that much different.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel fit and sharp, I got 30 games under my belt last season (the Swedish season ended in November) and for me I feel like this is my second year playing. A lot of people might think this is my first season but it doesn\u2019t feel that way to me.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kent Online &#8211; GILLINGHAM, Navid Nasseri might have missed his chance for World Cup selection&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26307,"featured_media":31312,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,139,89,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c47-featured-news","category-irans-u23","category-c16-iranian-legionairs","category-c22-players-spotlight"],"views":1537,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31311"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31317,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31311\/revisions\/31317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}