Winfried Schaefer, the German Soccer Coach, is rumored to be meeting with the head of the Iranian Football Federation (IFF) in Germany on Monday, for a possible national team coaching deal. According to Schaefer, a major focus will be placed on physical fitness and motivating national team players like Vahid Hashemian who are only reserve players in their clubs.

Schaefer began his professional career at Bundesliga club Karlsruher SC before taking over rivals VfB Stuttgart and ex-second division side Tennis Borussia Berlin. Meanwhile, Iranian news reports quoted the head of the provisional committee IFF, Mohsen Safaei-Farahani as saying that there had been no contacts with Schaefer by the Iranian federation.

Source: Payvand