Iranian delegation tours possible World Cup headquarter in Germany

IRNA - An Iranian football delegation discreetly visited the northwest German town of Wesel two months ago, inspecting a likely site for the Iranian national football team's 2006 World Cup headquarter, the Germany-based iran-fussball portal said Thursday.

"The Iranians toured the stadium and the hotel accommodations," the head of Wesel's municipal sports department, Wolfgang Jung confirmed.

According to Jung, talks with the Iranian side focused on "testing the facilities for a few days".

"However a test is not planned for this year. The Iranian federation has no intention of holding a training camp in Wesel for 2005," the German official stressed.

The Iranians' visit was apparently arranged by a German travel agency in Wesel whose co-owner is former Bundesliga coach Peter Neururer.

The ex-VfL Bochum trainer has still close contacts to his former player Vahid Hashemian.