TEHRAN, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- Iranian football federation will terminate the contract with Marc Wilmots as the national soccer head coach of Iran, Persian Football website reported on Wednesday.
Head of Iran's football federation Mehdi Taj has traveled to Istanbul to negotiate with Wilmots' lawyers over the termination of the contract, Hedayat Mombeini, a member of the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran, was quoted as saying.
"There is no way to continue with Wilmots," Mombeini said, adding that "he failed to meet our expectations; that's why we want to part company with him."
There are a few other options to replace Wilmots and the Iranian federation is in talks with them, Mombeini was quoted as saying.
Under the Belgian coach, Iran sit in third place in Group C of the qualifying matches for the Qatar World Cup, with six points, five points adrift of leaders Iraq.
