{"id":26614,"date":"2016-12-02T10:45:48","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T18:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=26614"},"modified":"2016-12-02T10:45:48","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T18:45:48","slug":"liverpool-have-sent-scouts-to-watch-striker-he-could-make-history-if-he-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2016\/12\/02\/liverpool-have-sent-scouts-to-watch-striker-he-could-make-history-if-he-signs\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool have sent scouts to watch striker: He could make history if he signs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DailyStar.co.uk &#8211; LIVERPOOL, <strong>Liverpool have sent scouts to watch FC Rostov forward Sardar Azmoun.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And the 21-year-old forward could make history if he signs on at Anfield.<\/p>\n<p>No Iranian players have ever played for Liverpool &#8211; and he could become the first one in the club\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>However, Iran has already been represented in the top flight.<\/p>\n<p>Karim Bagheri became the first when he made his debut in England for Charlton &#8211; although the spell ended after he played just 15 minutes all season.<\/p>\n<p>Andranik Teymourian since turned out for Bolton before Ashkan Dejagah became No.3 for Fulham.<\/p>\n<p>Azmoun, 21, has caught the eye with a series of impressive displays for Russian outfit Rostov.<\/p>\n<p>He is just one of a number of players that Liverpool have been watching recently.<\/p>\n<p>The Iranian is a versatile player that can play in a number of positions behind the main forward.<\/p>\n<p>There is no indication that Liverpool will move for him any time soon but he the club are giving him a thorough watch.<\/p>\n<p>Even if they did swoop January, he is not the sort of player that will suddenly add something different to what they already have.<\/p>\n<p>He is one that would grow into the club and become a more prominent figure as time goes by.<\/p>\n<p>Much like how Marko Grujic, signed last January before being loaned out for the rest of the season, is being dealt with in his debut campaign at the club.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about a potential move away from Rostov, he said: &#8220;Ajax, PSV or Liverpool? I have not received any offers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there are, then I\u2019m going to take my time to look into it, whether it\u2019s come from Liverpool or other clubs.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DailyStar.co.uk &#8211; LIVERPOOL, Liverpool have sent scouts to watch FC Rostov forward Sardar Azmoun. And&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26307,"featured_media":26615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,89,91,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c47-featured-news","category-c16-iranian-legionairs","category-c20-other-news","category-uncategorized"],"views":3097,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}