Esteghlal underwent management changes in May 2009, and Ali Fethullahzadeh was appointed again to make this team ready to participate in the 10th season of the Premier League. Fethullahzadeh chose Mansour Pourheidari as the technical director and head of the team. Also, it was decided that the process of choosing a new head coach will go forward with the eyes of Esteghlal’s father. Although in the end Parviz Mazloumi was appointed as the head coach of Esteghlal, before his appointment, the story had progressed in a different way.
Pourheidari, who strongly believed in Jürgen Gede’s work style and had also used the presence of this German coach in the national team and Shahid Qandi of Yazd, in late June 2089 considered a plan for Gede to become Esteghlal’s head coach and Hamid Alidousti to sit next to him as his first assistant, because he accepted Alidousti very much in terms of football and morals, and at the same time, he believed that this is a justified face of Iranian football due to several years of playing in the Bundesliga and mastering the German language. There is no problem communicating with the head coach.
Naser Sarafan, Ali Tajernia’s current adviser on the affairs of Esteghlal veterans, confirmed the meeting between Alidousti and Pourheidari in the last days of the spring of 2009 and told Khabarozshi: Now that Mr. Alidousti is no longer with us and we have unfortunately lost him, I can disclose the matter. Mansoor Khan told me to talk to Hamid Alidousti on my behalf and make an appointment so that Hamid Alidosti does not end up in Rudarabaisti. If it doesn’t come like this, it won’t be stapled. I called Hamid Khan and arranged an appointment in an office near Sai Park. Alidosti and Pourheidari talked a lot there and the meeting was full of respect. Mansour Khan really wanted to form the combination of Gedeh and Alidosti, but Agha Hamid apologized at the end of the meeting and said: Mansour Khan! Thank you for trusting me and as a veteran, I came to this meeting with pride, but I think it is better for an independent coach to become the team coach. By the way, he called me the next day and said: I told Mansoor Khan that independence is the share of the independents. I will tell you the same thing now. I feel that it is better for an independent to come in my place and sit on that chair.
Finally, when this project did not come to fruition, Pourheidari went to Parviz Mazloumi and made him the head coach of Esteghlal. A few months later, Jurgen Gede was added to Esteghlal as Mazloumi’s assistant.
