TEHRANTIMES - Persepolis striker Karim Ansarifard has been linked with a move to VfL Bochum.

The 23-year-old striker has scored seven goals in 33 games for the Iranian football team. His countrymen Mehdi Mahdavikia, Vahid Hashemian and Moharram Navidkia have already played in Bochum.

Bochum coach Peter Neururer has talked to Hashemian and has obtained extensive information about Ansarifard.

Ansarifard joined Persepolis in June 2012 and his contract runs until June 2014.

He scored eight goals in 35 games for Persepolis in last season.