Team Melli players & Persepolis player Mehdi Taremi and Ramin Rezaeian have signed with Turkish Super League club Çaykur Rizespor.

The duo signed a two year contract with the Turkish club on Tuesday.

Meanwhile Persepolis Club have reacted negatively in the case of Rezaeian accusing the player of unilaterally breaking the contract and threatening to withhold his ITC. Rezaeian has said that the term of the contract between him and Persepolis allows him to join a foreign club without the consent of Persepolis. Some supporters even protested in front of IRIFF building in north of Tehran.

Some ex-Persepolis players accused Rezaeian and Taremi of betrayal (…) and accused them of abandoning the club that taught them football !

The fact is none Neither Taremi nor Rezaeian are products of Persepolis youth system, if such thing exists. Taremi is from Bushehr where he played his football before moving on to Khuzistan then Tehran while Rezaeian is a byproduct of Rah Ahan excellent youth academy.

Çaykur Rizespor has struggled in Turkish Super League last season and finished just above the relegation zone in the 13th place to secure survival . The club has a number of international players from Africa , Europe and one Asian player in the Iraq  Dhurgham Ismail. The 22 years old Iraqi defender has himself on the verge of Joining Persepolis after the Asian Cup 2015 but changed his mind and headed to Turkey instead.