“I visited Arsenal officials and the club's boss Arsene Wenger and watched the team's training sessions,” Qotbi said on Tuesday.
“I asked Arsenal officials to send one of their best coaches to Iran to examine and analyze the soccer teams in different age groups to increase cooperation between the two countries' soccer associations,” he added.
The Iranian coach further pointed out that he met with Manchester City clubs' officials during his trip.
“I also met with Manchester City chief executive Garry Cook and asked for his viewpoints on the qualities of a successful club,” he went on to say.
According to Qotbi, Manchester City, one of the richest clubs in the world, has superior technical resources and its management sees the club from a business sense. City also has the ability to get into the hearts of its fans.
“The processes we are undertaking with international communications will benefit football in Iran, particularly at the national rank. It will serve to develop our football perspectives to take Iran's football to the top of the international charts,” he explained.
“I think one of the reasons I was selected as Iran's manager is because of my international relationships with the world's most distinguished managers and coaches,” he said.
Meanwhile, Qotbi denied any friendly matches against Kenya, but said Iran is set to play a friendly against Bahrain in Manama on August 31 and another preparatory match against Uzbekistan on September 5.
The Iranian national soccer squad has recently dropped three spots to stand in the 61st place in the latest FIFA world rankings.