According to "Varzesh3", Mes Shahr-e Babak, led by Ghasem Shahba, won promotion from the First Division last year, but in the 10 weeks of the current season the Premier League has performed poorly, collecting only five points in that span without a single win, so that this performance has raised talk of ending the cooperation with this head coach.

Continuing its poor run, Mes Shahr-e Babak lost by 4 goals to Sepahan today, in what was likely Ghasem Shahba's last appearance on the team's bench — something he does not oppose.

Ghasem Shahba, the Mes Shahr-e Babak head coach, said about the possibility of ending his cooperation with the club: I love this team with all my being, but I leave the club's hands free — whatever decision they take will be respectable to me and I will cooperate with it. In any case, I hope good things happen for Mes Shahr-e Babak.

Reacting to whether he had been given an ultimatum or not, Shahba said: There was no such thing — those good people gave no ultimatum and nothing was said about it, because we had a very good year together. This season too we built a good team, but unfortunately injuries hurt us. I say again: because I have lived with Mes Shahr-e Babak and I love it, I leave the club's hands free.

Source: Varzesh3