According to KhabarOnline; citing Tasnim, after a long period under acting CEO Ali Tajernia, Esteghlal Club found its new CEO, and Mostafa Motadayyen, a member of the club's board of directors, was appointed as the club's new CEO. 

On this occasion, an interview was conducted with Motadayyen, which you can read below:

Let us start with your appointment as Esteghlal's CEO. We are listening to your remarks.

When I was on the board of directors, both in legal and financial matters we sought to create a good structure for the club. Esteghlal is not in a bad state technically, but the transfer window was closed and all our legal effort is to ensure these conditions are not repeated. Financial transparency is among our main working principles and we try to put these principles in place at Esteghlal Club. The club faces debts and legal cases, and our effort is aimed at solving these problems. 

Are you hopeful about Esteghlal's current course?

I do not promise a championship, but I promise we will try to put the club on the right path that leads to a championship. 

This question has arisen for many: you have no background in the body of sports, so how do you intend to handle being CEO of Esteghlal?

Perhaps many in club management have a purely sporting view, but I believe club management can be compared with economic companies. We have worked on petrochemical company projects and our main focus was on human resources and profitability. The same outlook must exist in a club, and work must be done on Esteghlal's branding. It is true that Esteghlal is a cultural-sports club, but in the end it must be profitable in order to develop. 

What plans do you have for this?

In petrochemical companies we faced a situation like Esteghlal's current one; for example, it had legal disputes and its accounts were blocked, and we solved the problems. For Esteghlal too, we must bring the club to stability, that is, first settle the debts so we have no worries about legal cases. We must use the capacity of suitable physical conditions worthy of the club and then reform the structure, something we ourselves have done in companies for years. For every task we must have a process and use up-to-date science.

On technical matters, the technical staff does its own work, but in club management one should not have a purely football outlook. This club has disciplines such as wrestling, volleyball, and so on, and one person cannot be a specialist in everything. Therefore, the work must proceed managerially so that the team's results are positive. Now, you may do these things, yet other events occur, like Esteghlal's match against Chadormalu, where the ball hit the goalpost three times; but does that mean the team played badly? Cultural requirements must also move in a direction where, if the team does not get a result, we find the root cause rather than creating further problems.

I have been an Esteghlal fan for 40 years, and we must create the identity of being Esteghlali and turn the spectators from customers and fans into partners of the club. Implementing these programs is hard work, and some may say 'you are speaking from a position of comfort,' but at least we will make our effort and spend our energy. The most important thing I have not seen in clubs is financial transparency, how players are recruited, and so on. I do not believe a player should enter the team through other channels. If there is no cohesion in the club, the result is a closed transfer window. 

These programs are for the long term. What plans do you have for the current season?

My appointment as CEO was finalized today and we will start work from tomorrow. At present, while the team is in Asia and the Premier League, we do not want to create any particular atmosphere at all and we will proceed with the same previous course. As an Esteghlal fan, I say: whenever the team has been calm, it has gotten results, even if we do not have a famous player. At one point we had a particular technical staff that many had views about, but the sidelines caused us not to get results. We have witnessed such things in our own work systems as well. Having 5 world-famous players does not necessarily bring you success. A team, from the goalkeeper to the striker, together with the technical staff, must be unified, and alongside that there must be management support; otherwise the results cannot be positive. And if a result is achieved, it will not be sustained. 

So you support Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh? 

We are definitely satisfied and we support him. 

How hopeful are you that Esteghlal's transfer window will open in the second half of the season?

The board of directors certainly has plans so that the transfer window opens and, at the head coach's discretion, we can strengthen the team in the areas that are needed. 

One of the most important issues Esteghlal fans are worried about is the Yaser Asani case. Are you aware of this case?

I am aware of it, and as you saw, the Disciplinary and Appeals Committees gave their opinions. If we had not been sure, would we have used Asani? We had certainly reached the conclusion that there was no problem, and we used Asani. I have nothing to do with the rivals' behavior and conduct, and I do not like to talk about them either, but we do our own work. 

Have you resigned from your position at the Persian Gulf Holding?

No, I am an employee of the Holding and there is no problem. 

Ali Tajernia is still the chairman of Esteghlal's board of directors. Now, are you going to run the club's affairs as the number one person, or will Tajernia also have a role in the club's affairs?

One of the points about unity was this very issue. If everyone, whether chairman or board member, wants to go their own way, things will not move forward. I have no problem with him or with any of the board members. 

Source: KhabarOnline