Bundesliga Roundup - Dejagah again

So I have to write about Ashkan Dejagah, the guy who made the most of noise among all in the past weeks. I don't want to get into the Israel game, because some people in Germany who are not among the sharpest tools in the shelf, were not smart enough to understand the issue here. The more reasonable voices however understood what the problem was and there's not much to add to this issue. Therefore I will write more about Dejagah's football and the opportunity we wasted.
Dejagah scored in the lower saxony derby against Hannover 96 quite a nice goal. So far he has played in all 10 games of Wolfsburg this season and Felix Magath seems to be quite optimistic and fond on him. He has so far scored 3 goals this season and he is making progress. He is a player who just in terms of football abilities and skills is considered among the most talented in Germany for years. These facts are all known. As we all further know, Dejagah has decided to play for Germany and not for Iran, so maybe, we could consider this case closed and just mention him on the sidelines, just like we would write about Gerald Asamoah or Kevin Kuranyi.
However, Dejagah's case is different and it's not black and white.

Missed Opportunity

I personally don't believe that Dejagah will have more than 15 games for the German national team ever. He might play as a regular for Germany's U-21 team, but that doesn't mean much. In Germany, most players skip, or play little on that level and go more straight to the national team, just like as an example Podolski did. Also, I don't think that with the lack of professional attitude in terms of lifestyle he has, he will go places in Germany, specially as the competition for his spot is filled with players like Schweinsteiger, Podolski, Toni Kroos, Khedira and others and it will be difficult for him to really establish himself there. However, his hope might just be Magath, who can work well with young players, who could just be responsible for a more professional attitude of him and if Germany really decide to play with 4-3-3 in the future, that could suit him as well.
But, the thing is that for Iran, he would have been more than just decent enough. In fact, he could have been a real asset to Iran for the upcoming World Cup Qualification and even the last Asian Cup. We don't have anyone better player than him right now in attack or as what they call in Spain "medio punta" and in Italy "trequartista", a position as an example Aguero and Messi play, a 3/4 forward if you like. Dejagah could have been a real asset for the team.
The point is that Dejagah, the young Dejagah at the age of 16, would have loved to play for Iran and more or less was just waiting for some invitation to an U-18, U-19, U-20, any U team game. ISP had the chance to meet Dejagah back then when he was a young talented player in Hertha's youth academy and when our team talked to him about Iran's national team, you could see his eyes glowing. However, no one in Iran gave a damn about him really. No one really cared. Worse still, Ali Daei, the national team captain, who back then played for Hertha, answered regarding Dejagah, that "we have a lot of players with his talents and skills in Iran. We don't really need him."
With all due respect to Daei, but just let's just think about this for a second. Dejagah was back then considered one of the most talented players in a country with 3 World Cup titles, a list of great players like Seeler, Beckenbauer, Müller, Netzer, Matthäus, Klinsmann, Bierhoff, Völler, Ballack, etc., a nation of around 80 Million inhabitants, 1000s of football players, professional clubs and a footballing history not matched by too many other nations. And Ali Daei says that Iran, a football nation of....nevermind, has tons of players like Dejagah? So where are these players now? I can't see them really. I don't see those young players on Dejagah's level at least but several levels beneath him.
Let me compare this with Argentina's FA as an example. Before Messi chose to play for Argentina, he also had an offer from the Spanish FA. This offer would have guaranteed him a Spanish and therefore EU citizenship and trebeling his value back then, as an EU-citizenship for a young player is priceless. When Argentina heard about it, they sent a task force to Barcelona. National team players like Javier Zanetti, Ayala, former players like Batistuta and others went to visit Messi and his family. Maradona called him up and invited him to his talk show. The Argentinian FA invited him to the U-20 World Cup etc. I don't want to compare Dejagah with Messi, but for Iran, he could have been a real asset, just like Messi proves to be for Argentina. I hardly doubt that Ali Daei even invited Dejagah over for a Pepsi or Fanta in all the years he spent in Berlin.
So the fact that Dejagah doesn't play for Iran but plays for Germany is not because he is a money hungry sellout, but simply because Iran didn't take the chance, when we had it. Dejagah, even more than Messi, was just waiting for a small call from anyone in Iran to tell him to come over to play, but no one cared to call him up, so when he got the chance to play for Germany, he took it. And honestly, would you as an example wait for a small company to call you up one day for a job offer, when as an example Apple is dieing to let you work for them?
So I personally wish Dejagah all the luck and best in the world and hope that I'm wrong with my assesment on him and he has a glorious career in the German National Team, which I however don't see coming. For Iran's football however, it's a big loss we have only ourselves to blame for.

The round brought nothing new to the table. Bayern are still top, Bremen are getting better, Schalke and HSV are still the only real rivals to Bayern's supremacy and Stuttgart are still struggeling.

Results: Hannover-Wolfsburg 2-2, Karlsruhe-Bielefeld 0-0, Bochum-Bayern 1-2, Hamburg-Stuttgart 4-1, Leverkusen-Dortmund 2-2, Bremen-Hertha 3-2, Rostock-Schalke 1-1, Nurnberg-Frankfurt 5-1, Cottbus-Duisburg 1-2.