Sidka agrees to coach Iran's Saipa

PTV - German coach Wolfgang Sidka has announced his preliminary agreement to take charge of Iran's Saipa Football Club for the next season.

“Sidka has agreed to coach Saipa and will soon travel to Tehran to finalize the deal,” said Saipa's managing director, Hamid Sajjadi, on Friday.

“The club will sign a one-year contract with the German coach, who will bring a goalkeeping coach with himself,” he added.

Saipa is slated to hold a 10-day camp in the German city of Frankfort in late June.

Sidka, the former Bahrain boss, replaces Ali Daei, who left Saipa to take over the Iranian national soccer team.

The 54-year-old Sidka is a former association football manager. He led SV Werder Bremen to victory in the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1998 and coached Bahrain's national soccer team in 2005.