FRANKFURT, The Iranian international player, Mehdi Mahdavika has firmly denied reports in the German media indicating that he is on verge of leaving Eintracht Frankfurt. "My name being in Eintrachts's selling list is only a reporter's prediction. If I wanted to get involved in such matters, I should have left Bundesliga 7 or 8 years ago. "I have a contact with Frankfurt until 2010 and I do not wish to leave the club before the end of my contract. Although I respect everyone's opinion, I will only do my job. This has only been a speculation by a reporter and I don't intend to get myself involved. "Moreover, if you take a glance at the last 8-9 years, you will notice many other similar predictions in which I have never been interested , nor I will do ", the 31 year old player told Iranian students news agency ISNA today.The Team Melli Captain added: "It is essential for me to play with highest preparation for my team, I have always performed well in the seasons which I did not play from the beginning, including 2001, 2003 and 2005 Bundesliga seasons. After being injured for one week, I am in a very good situation and have played in almost all preseason friendly matches. "The reason I only played in the last four minutes of the German Cup match that we were playing with only 10 players after a player was sent off during the match and the coach preferred to use me in the last few minutes."We have had an excellent preseason preparation and our team is currently in a very good situation. We have also qualified into the second round of the German Cup and are going to play our last friendly match against Real Madrid this evening. I hope we could have a good start in Bundesliga as we had in the last season which is extremely important for us. I believe we could achieve better results in this season ", the former Asian Player of the year said.In view of his recent invitation to the national team for the second round of the World Cup 2010 Qualification, he said: " I have always emphasized that as an Iranian player, I am fully dedicated to serve the national team and will always give my every best for the success of my country's team ".Mahdavikia singed a three-year deal with Frankfurt in June 2007 after playing eight seasons in Hamburg where he was a crowd favorite. The German bi-weekly kickers sport magazine had reported on Monday that Mahdavikia is on Frankfurt's list of so-called "unwanted players."
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