Golmohammadi parted ways with Shahr Khodro football club by mutual consent on Monday and took charge of Persepolis.

The 49-year-old coach has replaced Argentine coach Gabriel Calderon who didn’t return to Persepolis after the Iranian club failed to meet his expectations.

Under the stewardship of Calderon, the Reds sit three points clear at the top of the table.

In his second stint in Persepolis, Golmohammadi has a difficult task ahead since the Reds have won Iran Professional League (IPL) in the past three years and are looking forward to achieving the trophy for the fourth time in a row.

Yahya Golmohammadi is mostly remembered for his tears after scoring against the Republic of Ireland in the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA–AFC play-off). He burst into tears after the final whistle in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium, since Team Melli failed to book a place to the 2002 World Cup because they had lost to the Greens 2-0 five days earlier in Dublin.

Golmohammadi, who has also played for Persepolis for seven years, started his coaching career in Saba in 2008 and has also coached Tractor, Nassaji, Zob Ahan, and Naft Tehran.

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Gabriel Calderon has already said Perspolis has failed to pay him on time and had demanded them to meet the deadline.

The fans are worried Calderon leave their team in a row over his payment.

Persepolis will face the same fate as Esteghlal if the Argentine coach leaves the team.

Andrea Stramaccioni left Esteghlal in early December after only six months in the job, since the Iranian club were unable to handle problems related to payments “partially due to sanctions”.

Persepolis will host Nassaji on Friday in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium and Calderon and his assistants will leave Tehran on Saturday for vacation and if Persepolis fail to make payments at the correct time, they will not return to Iran.

Persepolis has won Iran Professional League over the past three years and is favorites to win the title for the fourth time in row.

The Reds also are favorites to defend their titles at Iran’s Hazfi Cup.

Persepolis will have to compete at the AFC Champions League from February and it shows they have a busy timetable.

The Iranian giants will face in such a chaotic situation if Calderon quit.

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