Parvin will stay, Bayern will play Persepolis, says Ansarifard

MNA – Persepolis newly elected managing director Hassan Ansarifard here Sunday said veteran manager Ali Parvin would not quit the popular football team.

Former Persepolis and national skipper Parvin, who was infuriated by his side’s poor performance in Friday’s home humiliating 4-2 loss to lowly Fajr-e Sepassi, announced his resignation immediately after the match.

He vowed to not to sit in the reds’ dugout as he did in Sunday’s meeting, but once Persepolis and national midfielder Ansarifard convinced Parvin dubbed “Sultan” to stay.

Shifting to the mouthwatering friendly against high-profile German side Bayern Munich, the managing director assured that the Bundesliga midseason champion would travel to Tehran to array against Persepolis in Azadi Stadium on January 13.

Ansarifard’s promise is in sharp contrast to the statement of a Bayern spokeswoman, who denied Iranian press reports that a deal had been signed between the German record champion and Persepolis to play a friendly on Jan. 13.

"That's definitely wrong. No contacts have been signed yet. It's still not sure whether Bayern will play a friendly on Jan.13," she told IRNA.

The defending Bundesliga titleholder will hold its traditional winter training camp in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, from January 6-16.

Bayern's last trip to Iran dates back to the early 1970s when it faced Iran’s national team.