Karimi failed to meet Bayern's expectations: German daily

IRNA - Ali Karimi has failed to meet Bayern Munich's expectations just like his other Iranian team-mates Vahid Hashemian and Ali Daei, the daily die Welt said Saturday.

Karimi's big dreams of making the breakthrough at Bayern have not been fulfilled some 500 days after signing a contract with the German record Bundesliga champs, the paper added.

Bayern Munich and Karimi's former United Arab Emirates club Al-Ahli are reportedly in talks over an imminent transfer.

Prior to his engagement at Bayern, the 28-year-old Iranian international played for Al-Ahli from 2001 through 2005.

A rarely used Bayern reserve player, Karimi has failed to score a goal in this Bundesliga season.