After the un-ceremonial departure of Mojtaba Jabbari from his club Esteghlal following a bitter financial dispute, it is now the turn of Karim Ansarifard to follow suite. The young Perspolis striker had a financial dispute with his club. However, unlike Jabbari’s dispute which was about the non- payment of the dues to the player by the club, Ansarifard was given a new contract with a pay cut which did not please the Aradbil born player. With Daei taking the coaching job, it was widely believed that the master will sort things out with his prodigy. Ansarifard, though, stood his ground and insisted on better terms in order for the popular Tehran club get his services.  The player refrained from reporting on duty for the club and had unauthorized absence while skipping the training camps. Today, and after two weeks of deferral, Ansarifard finally decided that he will re-sign the contract after all. He shocked to hear that the club is not interested in him as per  Ali Daei’s instruction, according to a club official.

The Perspolis coach has explained that Ansarifard was away for a long period of time while the team was in training camp where a lot of teamwork was carried out. His sudden appearance after such long absence, will upset the team balance.  Apparently even one player coming late, can break the rhythm of the team and Ali Daei will not allow that to happen despite his special and close relationship with the player that he discovered from his home town , Ardabil , and brought to Saipa, when Daei was coaching there.

Team Melli Captain , Javad Nekounam has yet to extend his contract with Esteghlal , while a last minute act by Esteghlal management has stopped Khosrow Heydari’s departure to Esfahan. With Ando Teymourian’s contract with Qatari club Al Kheraytiat coming to end, his future club is uncertain despite the efforts of Esteghlal to bring him back to the club he left to Qatar. Team Melli defender, Pejman Montrazeri  is also out of contract with Esteghlal and his future with the club is uncertain.

Reza Ghoochanejad is still under contract with Standard Liege in Belgium but he seems to be unsettled and looking for much more playing time which the club has not provided him. Another player who is unsettled with a foreign club for the same reason as Ghoochanejad is the Rubin Kazan keeper Alireza Haghighi. The ex-Perspsolis player has seen very little playing time in the Russian league club and with the World Cup in mind; Haghighi does not fancy his chances for selection to the squad for Brazil if he did not get playing time. Apparently, his ex-club Perspolis has shown little interest in buying him back from the Russian club.

While Masoud Shojaei had trouble finding a place for himself in the Osasuna line up last season, and even trouble making the bench sometimes, he did not seem to have any difficulty in being picked for Team Melli starting line up by Queiroz. However, The Portuguese coach might re-think as Osasuna has already told Shojaei that he is in the sale list. The Pamplona club are trying to cut the wages and balance their books while fighting for survival. It seems that Shojaei is among many players that the Pamplona club wants to offload.

Team Melli players continue to switching team which is not a very good omen for stability of Team Melli itself.