PLDC - Tehran, In response to Karim Bagheri’s claim that Nekounam himself accepts that he has lost his dynamism, he declared that: “He has expressed his own view; it has nothing to do with me.”

Regarding many recent criticisms including some harsh ones and his happiness of scoring a goal against South Korea, he said: “that’s truly right, but I am a professional player and appreciate criticisms; I believe in my own play. But because I scored, the case was very different, but in football, scoring a goal is not important, we have to consider the defense structure. We have to consider how I performed in Team Melli and Esteghlal.

Regarding his giving money to Osasuna he said: “Now you can ask Osasuna Club whether any money has been paid or not? My 500,000 Euros is in Osasona Club, I did not pay the money I had to pay Osasuna to release my money. Considering the situation of Euro in Iran, you can guess how much they owe me.”