Italian, Iranian Companies in Rivalry over Ownership of Malavan Football Club

[Bi-honar]

Fars News
May 10th
TEHRAN (FNA)- An Italian firm and an Iranian company are in tight rivalry over the ownership of Iran's Malavan Football Club, the football club's former Managing Director Sadeq Doroudgar announced on Saturday.
"Italy' HDC company has raised an offer through the Deputy Head of the (Italian) Genoa Football Club to purchase the ownership of Malavan," Doroudgar told FNA.
He noted that a well-known affluent Iranian company has also raised a similar offer to win Malavan's ownership.
Doroudgar declined to reveal details of the offers.
"I have informed the current Managing Director of Malavan Football Club Massoud Moamayee of the offers by Italian and Iranian companies," he said.
Malavan Football Club, founded in 1969, is an Iranian football club based in the Northern port city of Bandar Anzali.

 

[Bi-honar]

Genoa? That's pretty interesting. I know the Italians were in Iran a few weeks ago to raise football cooperation between the two companies. I hope they get Malavan - the more diversified the ownership, the better for the IPL.

 

[Zob Ahan]

This doesn't sound serious. You think the sepah is going to let kafars own football clubs in Iran BH jan?

 

[Bi-honar]

This doesn't sound serious. You think the sepah is going to let kafars own football clubs in Iran BH jan?

They've been getting pretty chummy with the Italians recently Siavash jaan (see this article). And I'm sure there's a lot more to it than sports - you know how Sepah works, there's always a lot more they get back from developing any relationship:

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