IRNA - An Iranian football delegation
discreetly visited the northwest German town of Wesel two months ago,
inspecting a likely site for the Iranian national football team's 2006 World
Cup headquarter, the Germany-based iran-fussball portal said Thursday.
"The Iranians toured the stadium and the hotel accommodations," the head of
Wesel's municipal sports department, Wolfgang Jung confirmed.
According to Jung, talks with the Iranian side focused on "testing the
facilities for a few days".
"However a test is not planned for this year. The Iranian federation has no
intention of holding a training camp in Wesel for 2005," the German official
stressed.
The Iranians' visit was apparently arranged by a German travel agency in
Wesel whose co-owner is former Bundesliga coach Peter Neururer.
The ex-VfL Bochum trainer has still close contacts to his former player
Vahid Hashemian.
