The head coach of Foolad Khuzestan and ex-Team Melli player was quoted by ISNA as saying that the Iranian Football Federation has verbally offered him the job of coaching the Olympic or the U-23 team . Faraki whose team is leading the Persian Gulf League table said that a representative from the FFIRI has spoken to Foolad Khuzestan chairman about the job offer, but no one has approached him personalty. Faraki said he came to know about this offer from his club CEO Mr. Dehkerdi.

This development comes in the aftermath of the negotiation between the FFIRI and Nelo Vingada , the Portuguese coach who was approached for the same job. It is clear that Vingada, hand picked by Carlos Queiroz , has not reached an agreement with the federation hence the approach towards Faraki. During the pre-match conference with Guinea , Ali Kaffashian was asked about the job offer to Vingada. The head of FFIRI confirmed that no final agreement has been reached with the Portuguese coach who is a close friend of Team Melli coach Carlos Queiroz.

In response to the verbal job offer, Hossein Faraki said that all his focus now is on Foolad Khuzestan and the championship title challenge with 3 rounds of the league remaining.