The merry go-round of Team Melli players transfer continues unabated with the latest news of the transfer of the Esteghlal and Team Melli midfielder Mojtaba JABBARI to Sepahan Esfahan.

The addition of the creative midfielder to Sepahan, has ensured that Kranjcar team has a formidable title challenging line up for the upcoming season with Sepahan already getting the services of several Team Melli players including  Rahman AHMADI,    Abolghasim DEHNAVI , Ali HAMOUDI ,and  Shojaa KHALILZADEH . Out of those players , the status of Dehnavi is still unclear after the former Tractorsazi player signed for two teams at the same time resulting in his suspension by the IRIFF following Perspolis official complaint against him.

Jabbari has been having a long dispute with the club that repeatedly does not honor its contract commitments. Esteghlal seems to be cash strapped and has been in trouble with the courts and FIFA for not paying the contract commitments to the local and foreign players. The last time Jabbari went to see the CO of Esteghlal , Fathollahzadeh , the meeting abruptly ended with apparently harsh exchanges of words between the player and the official. Fathollazadeh claims that Jabbari was disrespectful in his claims and would refuse to have him in his club. Jabbari said that he merely wanted his money which was his right and already long due, while the club is dragging its feet and not paying. In another development, Fathollazadh admitted on Thursday that the court has frozen his personal assets because of his bouncing checks given to players without sufficient funds to cover the amounts.

Jabbari was a pivotal player for Esteghlal in their title winning team and will be sorely missed in the next stages of AFC Champions league quarter finals which Esteghlal has qualified to and will be facing  Thai FA Cup winners Buriram United in September.