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People over there do still refer to Persia, in the same way that many Vietnamese refer to Saigon rather than Ho Chi Minh City, and you'll still see old English names on shops and what have you in India. Not instead of Iran, but it is in regular use in a regional sense. Maybe the BHA Alba folk...

What we do know in this particular case is that Jahanbaksh's agent is a bit of a windbag- any quotes we hear are all about flagging his name up in the market to try and attract interest. Nothing we've heard has been official. Alright, PSV Eindhoven are a fairly big club, but the other Dutch...

Probably Allah, in all honesty.

Not February 29th?

Well I'm sold on the idea already. I've been practising doing the Ayatollah in front of the bathroom mirror. Actually, that sounds a bit blasphemous, now I come to think of it.

To be fair to him, it would probably be as much the Premier League status as the money, surely? Any player would want to play in the highest league he can. Bloody unfair if Norwich want him though. They already have Redmond, who I think is a great player. They don't need MORE wingers :(

I know you're only joking, but for what it's worth, Kayal is of Arab Israeli background, I believe. He's not Jewish. Then again, Iranians are generally Persians, as opposed to Arabs, so.... :)