Azmoun & Ezatolahi @ FC Rostov | 2015-2016

[Malavani]

rumours linking Sardar to Benfica are false according to his agent (source: RussianFootballNews's twitter)

[Team Melli Fan]

Azmoun has scored 10 goals in his last 8 matches

[PSGman#19]

Portuguese source linking Azmoun to Benfica:

http://www.abola.pt/clubes/ver.aspx?t=3&id=615688

How many time portuguese newspapers sent iranians to big club for nothing at the end??

[BacheLot]

Portuguese source linking Azmoun to Benfica:

http://www.abola.pt/clubes/ver.aspx?t=3&id=615688

but its stating their source as ISNA..!!
ISNA is usually a somewhat reliable iranian source!! so there is some hope...!!? anyone got the isna original source..?

[Iran_19]

Thank you for your valuable and substantiated opinion.

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[Kian Persepolis]

Portuguese source linking Azmoun to Benfica:

http://www.abola.pt/clubes/ver.aspx?t=3&id=615688

[PerZiano]

Thank you for your valuable and substantiated opinion.

[Kiarash]

France Le championnat> Portugal Primeira Liga

Thank you for your valuable and substantiated opinion.

[Iran_19]

I'm not too fond of the idea Azmoun staying in Russia. Berdyev is not going to stay with him forever. Despite the good level of competition in that league, fact is that the Russian league is not a big talent feeder to the top 3 leagues. I prefer Azmoun going to Benfica, and from there develop himself to attract teams like Chelsea, Bayern and Juventus. Benfica are notorious for producing talents. And the Portugese league is still the 5th best in UEFA.

France Le championnat> Portugal Primeira Liga

[Kiarash]

Azmoun & Ezatolahi @ FC Rostov | 2015-2016

I'm not too fond of the idea Azmoun staying in Russia. Berdyev is not going to stay with him forever. Despite the good level of competition in that league, fact is that the Russian league is not a big talent feeder to the top 3 leagues. I prefer Azmoun going to Benfica, and from there develop himself to attract teams like Chelsea, Bayern and Juventus. Benfica are notorious for producing talents. And the Portugese league is still the 5th best in UEFA.

[BacheLot]

nice article about Sardar
http://www.espnfc.com/blog/espn-fc-u...-than-ali-daei

yea, John Duerden is a biased sKorean football asslicker, but he is indeed also a pretty decent soccer journalist...!
nevertheless, i found an obvious flaw in that Published article that needs immediate correction.

[Malavani]

nice article about Sardar
http://www.espnfc.com/blog/espn-fc-u...-than-ali-daei

[Taz]

I just pray he doesn't end up over-reaching and gets 20 minute cameos here and there next season at some elite level club which I fear might be the case if he ends up at somewhere like Benfica. Russia for a season or two more is no bad decision, ideally complemented with a fair bit of European experience. Basically, CSKA as Musa's replacement will be the one.

[GolfePersique]

He said once in an interview that he wanted to remain in Russia till WC2018.Assuming we qualify, that will hopefully be his podium. I think that is a wise decision, given he hasn't yet established himself as a consistent 90 minute striker and a radical change at this stage may not be in his best interest.

He is now comfortable in the russian league and staying there for another season will render him more mature. We can already see that impact on his Team Melli display.

[BacheLot]

judging from some of the highlight reels of some of past alireza Haghighi games, to me, the competition quality levels of the Portuguese Primeira Liga, seemed far below that of Russian Premier league..!! i
Primeira Liga strike me as sort of an inferior-quality La Liga...!!? with a bunch of weak teams mixed in with less than handful of richer and better recognized quality clubs (Benfica, Sporting lisbon, Porto and a bunch of other scrubs)..!
i think Azmoun has a far better chance of running riot in Primeira Liga than the more evenly competitive and highly physical, under-rated Russian league..!!

if he could avoid being forced to sign a Long Term contract this off season, he should remain there for his last year of contract. (Ideally with Rostov and Berdiyev)

if choice was to come between signing a 2-3+ contract extension with Benefica or another Russian team, he is better off leaving for Portugese Primeira Liga or possibly a decent Eredivisie side..! cause those leagues are far bigger talent feeder club to a Super Clubs than the relatively richer Russian Leagues who arent nearly as eager to quickly offload their leagues best talents for a few mil in profit...!

i fear if he decides to remain in russia, he will likely remain there till after WC 18 and wont be able to make the jump to next level for another 2 years or more..!!?