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TEHRAN – Former Esteghlal and Iran national football team midfielder Garnik Mehrabian passed away on Sunday.

He died in the U.S. at the age of 85.

Mehrabian was a member of Esteghlal football team from 1954 to 1963.

After retiring from professional football, Mehrabian was appointed as head coach of Iranian club Ararat Tehran. His success at the club earned Mehrabian the opportunity to coach both the Iran national under-20 football team and Iran national football team as assistant.

He also coached Machine Sazi Tabriz and Emirati clubs Ras Al-Khaima and Dibba Al-Hisn.

Tehran Times extends deepest sympathy to his family, loved ones, and friends over his demise.

The Russian media announced the holding of a friendly match between the national football team of this country and Iran in September 1401. I thought FIFA is against playing them.

• In the fall of 2022, two friendly matches with the participation of the Russian national team may take place. It is reported by “Sport-Express”. According to the source, in September the Russian team should play Iran. It should be noted that the meeting will be held in Tehran or in Moscow.

It seems that after Majidi's separation, Persepolis Club has also expressed interest in attracting Payne.

Esteghlal finished the 21st league with a championship. To achieve this difficult goal, no doubt a few people were more involved than others and were able to make a greater impact. One of them was Gabriel Payne, the Italian coach of Esteghlal. Former assistant to Cesare Prandelli in the Italian national team, who was considered by some to be the mastermind of this great coach during his time on the Azzurri bench.

Esteghlal players believe that Payne played the role of theorist in Esteghlal training in the best possible way and was one of the main reasons for the success of the team's defense. Payne, who has worked for Parma, Valencia, Galatasaray, Al-Nasr and the Italian national team, is now being considered by several Iranian teams, and for this reason, many consider his separation from Esteghlal's staff to be final. Farhad Majidi, after attending Ittihad Kalba, is interested in having Paine with him.

However, no successful negotiations have taken place between them so far and it is not clear whether the Italian coach will respond positively to this offer or not. Just like Esteghlal, which is waiting for Payne's answer, the Italian coach has not yet given a clear answer to the offer to extend his contract and probably will not. Unless there is a discussion about his coaching and the club wants to replace Majidi as the first person in the staff.

Apparently, in the meantime, Persepolis club has also expressed interest in attracting Payne. First he repairs his defense and then he hires a reliable piece from the opponent. Informal negotiations have taken place with Payne to become the assistant of Yahya Golmohammadi, but it is likely that an appointment will be made for this purpose on Tuesday, and the main discussion will be about the Reds' financial offer to the Italian coach. Apart from Persepolis, Sepahan has also given the green light to attract Payne and wants to take him to Isfahan as Navidkia's assistant in any way possible.

Apart from Payne, Kevin Yamga has also been noticed by Persepolis and it is not unlikely that he will wear the shirt of the rival team for the next season. Yamga scored 10 goals for Esteghlal and became the Blues' top scorer of the season. Persepolis, which is struggling with many problems on the offensive line, is looking for an opportunity to satisfy Yamga. Given this issue, it is unlikely that new news will be published in the coming days.

With Farhad Majid separation, if Payne and Yamga also leave Esteghlal, the work of this team, to win the title in the 22nd league, will be difficult. Unless the Blues take serious action and convince these two efficient individuals to extend their contracts. An event that is a little far-fetched.

رسانه‌های روسیه اعلام کرده‌اند تیم ملی فوتبال ایران در ماه سپتامبر، در دیداری دوستانه مقابل تیم ملی ایران قرار خواهد گرفت.

به نظر می‌رسد در حال حاضر، فقط فدراسیون فوتبال ایران حاضر شده مقابل تیم ملی روسیه قرار بگیرد.

«آرش شکرریز» از وکلای فدراسیون فوتبال به این رسانه گفته است: «فیفا روسیه را از بازی‌های رسمی محروم کرده و در حکم محرومیتش، بندی در مورد دیدار‌های دوستانه وجود ندارد. به همین دلیل ایران می‌تواند برابر روسیه در یک دیدار دوستانه به میدان رود.»

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