TEHRAN (Reuters) - The federation is unable to pay Portugal's national coach Karloch Queiroz, the head of the country's football federation said on Sunday.
Taj revealed the lack of financial resources to prepare the Iranian team for the Asian Cup
Which will be held in the UAE early next year.
Taj blamed sanctions stemming from the nuclear dispute with the United States and the country's severe economic crisis.
"We owe it to Kirush," Taj told Iran's news agency IRNA on Sunday
$ 700,000, but we can not transfer money to him. "
The Iranian Football Federation is trying to solve the problem with the help of the Iranian Foreign Ministry. "If we succeed we will continue to work with Kirosh," said Taj, who suffered a heart attack on the eve of the first World Cup match in Russia. "If we do not succeed, we will look for an alternative."
But Kirosh, who led Iran to qualify for the World Cup, said he was
Can not imagine staying in office, after his contract ended last week.
Taj confirmed that Queiroz, the former Real Madrid coach, had entered into negotiations with South Korea.
On the other hand, the president of the Iranian Football Federation said his team needs five million dollars to prepare for the Asian Cup, but the amount is not available.