Excelsior pulled off a surprise earlier this month with the arrival of Alireza Jahanbakhsh. The architect behind the transfer is Mark Ruijl, currently technical director at Woudestein.
How Jahanbakhsh joined Excelsior
When VI visited Ruijl the week Excelsior started preparing, he already hinted at the arrival of a player with this status.
Jahanbakhsh's reaction
Jahanbakhsh laughs as we confront him with how our surprising collaboration came about. 'The first contact was already a while ago, yes', he confirms.
Excelsior's vision
The World Cup player watched a few Excelsior games last season. 'Really impressive how they played safely. With attractive football too.' Excelsior is currently 9th in Eredivisie with 3 points, 1W-0D-1L from 2 games, recent form LW, and has scored 5 goals and conceded 2.
