Mahdavikia must decide on Hamburg`s offer by Friday

IRNA - Iranian striker and Asia`s Player of the Year Mehdi Mahdavikia has to decide by Friday whether he is going to accept Hamburg`s final offer, the club`s team manager Dietmar Beiersdorfer said Tuesday.

The Hamburg official rejected an earlier request by Mahdavikia to extend the club deadline, according to the team website.
"I have talked with Mehdi and have told him that the deadline will not be extended. We want to know whether he accepts the new contract or not," Beiersdorfer said.
"Mehdi has confirmed that it`s not due to finances but that he wants to wait out the sports perspective. However it (sports perspective) won`t change in a week anyway," he added.
Hamburg had initially issued a January 31 ultimatum to the ex-Pirouzi player but apparently withdrew it for yet unknown reasons.
Meanwhile Mahdavikia`s personal manger Reza Fazeli has reportedly been involved for quite some time in ongoing talks with officials of fellow German Bundesliga team Schalke 04, various news reports said.
Mahdavikia whose current contract runs out this summer, is seeking around 3 million euros a year in salary.