Sardar Azmoun @ Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 2022/2023

[KasraKhan]

Hope Schick is okay, Bayer (and Sardar) need him to succeed.

[milad_b]

Hopefully Schick is okay. We've been waiting for Sardar + Schick to make europes deadliest due.

Kind of similar to sardar + dzyuba but times that by x10

[diz]

Gerardo Seoane : "Patrik Schick has injured his left calf. We will find out the exact diagnosis tomorrow or the day after."

[Nika89]

Patrik schick will be out for several weeks because he has a hamstring tear

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.kicker.de/voeller-schick-wird-mindestens-drei-wochen-fehlen-890983/artikel.amp

[DR Strangemoosh]

Patrik schick will be out for several weeks because he has a hamstring tear

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.kic...83/artikel.amp

Sardar better get his treadmill and elliptical game on pronto - he has a gilted opportunity now to bed himself.

[ParthianDE]

Sardar better get his treadmill and elliptical game on pronto - he has a gilted opportunity now to bed himself.

Bayer has been very clear:

1. that they are planning to use both Schick and Azmoun. Azmoun is not viewed as a replacement for Schick, but somone on the same level (at least initially). If both are healthy and fit, they will likely play with both as dual strikers. If one is not fit to play, Bayer can still play attacking football by relying only on the other temporarily (plus, they still have more attacking options available on top of that).

2. Azmoun will start playing as soon as he is fit. Him not having started yet, has nothing to do with Schick being injured or not. Schick being injured will not cause Bayer to rush Azmoun pre-maturely. These are independent issues.

[KasraKhan]

^ Good points, Parthian jan. Definitely not disagreeing. But I wonder if Bayer will hasten Sardar's timeline a little now. They were being extra cautious with him before, but now, they kinda need him.

Wouldn't be surprised if Alario starts on Saturday vs Arminia, but Sardar is on the bench (speculation on my part).

[diz]

[Leicester City]

Azmoun wasn't in team training today.

[ParthianDE]

ACTO Bild (yellow press, but fairly reputable when it comes to football news), "Bei Neuzugang Sardar Azmoun (27) besteht die Hoffnung, dass er im Verlauf der Woche ins Team-Training einsteigen kann.".

There is hope that Azmoun will start training with the team within this week.

source:
(the English auto-translate is so horrible, as to be useless, thus only the original German link is here.)

EDIT:
Here's another source (very reputable): "due to start training soon".

[ShiroKhorshid]

Hmm, the Bielefeld match in 5 days time will be too early for him i guess. His frist minutes should be march 5th against Bayern then. Lets hope he will be fully fit for the EL 1/8 finals

[ParthianDE]

^ Good points, Parthian jan. Definitely not disagreeing. But I wonder if Bayer will hasten Sardar's timeline a little now. They were being extra cautious with him before, but now, they kinda need him.

Wouldn't be surprised if Alario starts on Saturday vs Arminia, but Sardar is on the bench (speculation on my part).

Thanks KasraKhan jan! Based on the latest news, we may at least get to see him train with the team this week and who knows, even play on Saturday. WHile I am still certain that there is no way they would rush Azmoun, who's not to say that they won't withhold the news that he is fit to play until the very latest as a little suprise!

In any case, it won't be much longer!

[taremiscores]

[Nokhodi]

Tonsilitis?
This guy and his winter break injuries!

[diz]

^Hopefully they gave him some *Bayer* aspirin