Oladi on trial at Xerez

PFDC - JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, Iranian forward Mehrdad Oladi gets an opportunity to join compatriots Javad Nekounam and Masoud Shojaei in Spain as La Liga side Xerez Club Deportivo hand the 24-year-old a trial.

The former Persepolis player arrived in the city of Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia yesterday and will spend the next week with the newly promoted club coached by Jose Angel Ziganda.

Ziganda who led Osasuna to the semi-finals of the 2006-07 UEFA Cup was responsible for Nekounam and Masoud's transfers to the Basque side.

Xerez will play the 2009-10 in La Liga for the first time in their history.