Gucci retires from TM

[Bagg10]

There is more to it then him not playing in the World Cup.You don’t go from been a key player on the TM and then to a bench warmer. His still producing at his club so it’s not an age thing either trusts will come out in a few months as to why he left TM.

Dude, he's been Sardar's back-up for at least three years now.


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[shahname]

I am really sad he retired.

Now it just hit me though. I wonder if he is going to join the Anti-CQ people like Ali Karimi in the coming weeks ans months and start bashing CQ?! You think he might do that considering his emotional way of saying goodbye all of a sudden and right efter arriving to Iran.

[Ostad_Goosfand]

This is why you shouldn't get married. I have no doubt his wife had negative influence on him, especially after reading her insta post right after we crashed out.

What did she say? My Farsi reading is not great

[Babak agha]

Guys why can't he retire if he wants? Maybe he has realized that he won't be having too much playing time any more, so won't be adding much to TM either and decided to just focus on his family life outside of Iran. No harm in that!
It's better to be realistic and realistically he will be our 3rd striker behind Azmoun, Ansarifard (maybe even Taremi and Kaveh).

[naderb94]

Gucci was nobody until he came to TM

I would give up everything in my life to be in his shoes.. And he retires.. F Him.. This kind of mentality doesnt belong.. I was so upset at Taremi But after I saw his passion I wont say anything bad about him anymore. But this Gucci man o man

Some comments made by members like this one scares me. Yeah let’s totally bash someone who was major part of the 2014 WC qualifying

[Dortmund]

I appreciate everything he's done for TM. He took us to Brazil and scored there. He scored at the Asian Cup. Despite all this, he is on the wrong side of 30 and with a plethora of young European strikers, it time to make way for the new guard. Thanks Gucci, best of luck on your club team

[PEJ]

Thank Gucci. We’ll always have South Korea. It has been very evident that he is on a downhill of his career. Let’s be honest, no way he was going to make it to the Asian Cup over Kaveh. He was brought over for his wisdom and experience to help the young guys out in Russia.

[Ghermez Agha]

When I initially saw this headline I was shocked...but after taking a minute to consider all the factors it isn’t hard to see the logic in this decision. Kaveh is on the rise in Belgium, karim is peaking in his career right now, and Azmoun is pretty much always going to be our starter.

What I do question, however, is the motivation behind it. The s could very well be an emotional move. He isn’t one who has ever shown any signs of having an ego but I wonder if he was pissed off for not getting an opportunity.

There’s going to be tons of rumors thrown around now from the media and the anti CQ camp or at least I anticipate this would be the case.

[dash_sina]

Yes I agree with comments on how he is emotional, and likely manipulated by his wife. Not thanking Carlos is a huge misstep but I understand how he is disappointed. I personally think he deserved to play last 20 minutes of Portugal game, however CQ is a conservative coach so the decision to bring Milad instead of a attack minded substitution was nothing personal against Gucci, so I hope he comes to realize that.

[qwert6]

Wish him well and hope he will come back. He deserves a lot more. I know it is frustrating to have helped so much and not played. He must have rubbed CQ the wrong way somehow someway!
That is no excuse and he should have been subbed in. I think because CQ only had 3 subs, he probably couldn't afford not to sub in the exact player he wanted.

[parisian homie]

I hope he reconsiders and stays until after the Asian Cup. He can help us a lot there, especially that now there are 24 teams and 1 more game from the knockout stage.

[The Realist]

This doesn’t surprise me, he’s perhaps got another Asian Cup in him but with age he’s now border line for retirement. I too wish he had few minutes against Portugal- in fact I thought CQ will bring him on instead of Karim. It’s all behind us now.

Like all of you I wish him the very best and thank him for a great service to Team Meli and the people.

[persianballer]

He's not good enough to be guaranteed playing time if he doesn't fit in the formation, simple as that.

I like the guy but this is a very selfish way to leave.

What's even more annoying people who know nothing about football saying he should've played over sardar

[persianballer]

This doesn’t surprise me, he’s perhaps got another Asian Cup in him but with age he’s now border line for retirement. I too wish he had few minutes against Portugal- in fact I thought CQ will bring him on instead of Karim. It’s all behind us now.

Like all of you I wish him the very best and thank him for a great service to Team Meli and the people.

Good thing he brought Karim who scored the penalty in such a high pressure situation

[Tehranto]

Good thing he brought Karim who scored the penalty in such a high pressure situation

Exactly. The guy scores perhaps the nicest penalty so far in the World Cup and people are still wondering if that's the right situation.

Really want these smart couch coaches to get their FIFA A License. They can be a real asset to team because they are tactically so smart.