MNA - A member of Football Federation presiding board has said Federation fully supports Carlos Queiroz; denounces what he believes to be ‘personal opinions.’

In an interview to Mehr News, Shahram Dabiri urged support for Queiroz and criticized the ever-increasing questioning of his career in national squad. He believes that Carlos Quieroz is pretty interested in working with Iran as national squad manager amid clash of ideas in Football Federation as to his departure or reinstatement in the position.

Mehr News sports service asked Shahram Dabiri about Federation’s official position on the issue of national squad manager, while recent weeks events and gossips had negative feedback in international media; “in the last session of the Board, it was agreed that Queiroz will continue career with national squad. The gossips and events ensued after the session are called personal opinions at best as the Board takes the final decision in the subject,” he said. “The Football Federation is responsible for communicating the decision to the national team manager, and nothing else; in a visit to Germany, I noticed that Queiroz is very much interested in remaining in the position and was sorry about the handling of the matters by the Federation; he was especially complaining about allegations of brokering and corrupt conduct raised against him in a session; I ensured him of Federation’s full support; the Board agrees that Queiroz continue his career with national squad,” Dabiri told Mehr News.

“The Federation’s overall position is to support Queiroz even in his career with cadets and junior national squads; as long as he himself welcomes to work with Federation, we will support Queiroz; I do not believe that we definitely will embrace success with having Queiroz, however, at the meantime, he is the best option available for the position; any other manager would face the risk of failure with the national squad. This is an important issue in any choice of manager for national squad,” emphasized Dabiri. “Discords damage the whole team; Ali Kafashian or other members of the Board should communicate the Board decision rather than their own personal opinions,” he concluded.