{"id":37011,"date":"2019-07-15T15:39:19","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T22:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=37011"},"modified":"2019-07-15T15:39:19","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T22:39:19","slug":"alireza-jahanbakhsh-relishes-chance-to-impress-new-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2019\/07\/15\/alireza-jahanbakhsh-relishes-chance-to-impress-new-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"Alireza Jahanbakhsh relishes chance to impress new boss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Argus – BRIGHTON, Alireza Jahanbakhsh is unfazed by the change of manager at\u00a0Albion\u00a0after a promising start under Graham Potter.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Iranian winger became the club\u2019s record \u00a317 million signing from Dutch side AZ Alkmaar last summer during\u00a0Chris Hughton\u2019s reign but struggled to make an impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jahanbakhsh, given extra-time off in pre-season because of international duty, was used in the number ten role and provided assists for both second half goals in the 5-2 friendly win against FC Liefering in Austria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jahanbakhsh told The Argus: \u201cI had a great time with the last manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mister Hughton was a great man. He trusted me, brought me to the club, and I appreciate that from the bottom of my heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut sometimes in football things move on and that\u2019s part of it. For me it doesn\u2019t matter who is the manager, I\u2019ll always try to do my thing for this great club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLast season was an up and down season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI could have given more to the club and him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt didn\u2019t go as well as I wanted, but I\u2019ve learnt a lot and want to start this season in the best way possible now with a different manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been pretty good (under Potter), he wants to play quite expansive, and we created a lot of chances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe\u2019s just tried to manage us and to get us to attack well and then also react when we lost possession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe\u2019s trying to explain to everyone exactly what he needs from them and that\u2019s very good. I like it to be clear what the manager wants from me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jahanbakhsh, drifting to the right where he usually plays for Iran, produced crosses converted by Leandro Trossard moments into the Belgian winger\u2019s debut and Florin Andone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Potter said: \u201cHe came in late because of internationals, but his attitude has been really good. You can see what he is about as a player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was nice fo him to contribute to the goals. It\u2019s probably what he wants to do, what he was brought here to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe key probably with Alireza is to get him as close to goal as possible. That\u2019s probably where they used him in Holland and therefore you get the goals and assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have got a lot of forward players. We are just trying to find out where best to play. He ended up on the right as well, so with the personnel on the pitch there was quite a bit of fluidity amongst them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSometimes that\u2019s positive, sometimes it\u2019s not, it depends how you look at it, but it was nice for him to get a couple of assists.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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