Oceano Andrade da Cruz spoke about his desire to break up the Iranian national team.

According to ISNA and DN da Cruz, assistant coach of Team Melli, who has been Carlos Queiroz’a right hand  in Sporting  Lisbon where he has a history of coaching and seems to have been faced with a proposal by the Portuguese team. He said: “I have received several offers from various teams but I have not made my decision yet, but I’m about to make my decision soon.”

He has already been the assistant to Carlos Queiroz since 2014,  but wants to continue his own separate project from now on. However, the Iranian Football Federation has planned to stay with the current coaching staff with Carlos Queiroz leading the team in the AFC Asian Cup, and so we should see what Oceano Andrade da Cruz will decide. In the next few days it will be clear whether the coach will stay in Iran or depart to Sporting team in Lisbon.