Nekounam Bundesliga Bound

GOAL - Javad Nekounam, Iran’s star midfielder, is on the brink of joining Bundesliga outfit FC Kaiserslautern.

The German club has agreed a deal with the 24 year-old international but have yet to conclude a deal with his club Pas.

FC Kaiserslautern boss Rene C Jaeggi said: “We have agreed to a deal with the player. However the club , which has the player under contract until 2006, has not yet accepted our offer.”

Teheran-based Pas are in the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions League and would like the player, capped 66 times for his country, to stay in the Iranian capital.

However, it is believed that a fee will be agreed with in the next couple of days.

If the deal goes through as expected, Nekounam, linked with Tottenham Hotspur earlier in the summer, will team-up with compatriot Fereydoon Zandi.