{"id":44553,"date":"2021-12-27T10:16:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T18:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=44553"},"modified":"2021-12-27T10:21:15","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T18:21:15","slug":"newcastle-and-everton-boost-lyon-agree-azmoun-terms-but-2-5m-fee-not-enough-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2021\/12\/27\/newcastle-and-everton-boost-lyon-agree-azmoun-terms-but-2-5m-fee-not-enough-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle and Everton boost: Lyon agree Azmoun terms, but \u00a32.5m fee not enough [Report]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Boot Room &#8211; CHESHIRE, <strong>Newcastle, and Everton have received a boost in their reported pursuit of Zenit St. Petersburg striker Sardar Azmoun. Lyon has<\/strong> <strong>agreed to personal terms, but the French club is unwilling to pay more than \u00a32.5million.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Azmoun, 26, has continued his stunning form since his move to the Russian giants in February 2019. The 60-time Iran international has scored 62 goals in 104 Zenit outings \u2013 10 of which have come this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Azmoun is out of contract at the end of the season. A move is expected and could occur as early as January \u2013 with&nbsp;Foot Mercato saying&nbsp;Lyon and Newcastle are keen.&nbsp;90Min says&nbsp;Everton is&nbsp;keen on Azmoun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest reports state that Azmoun has agreed to a contract at Lyon until June 2026. However, Lyon is struggling to meet Champions League star Zenit\u2019s asking price to get him in January \u2013 and not on a free in the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lyon is only willing to pay \u00a32.5million, and while they could get him on a free \u2013 it opens up the possibility of other clubs chancing their arm. Everton and Newcastle can certainly pay more than the aforementioned figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-newcastle-and-everton-boost-should-clubs-move-for-azmoun-in-january\">Newcastle and Everton boost: Should clubs move for Azmoun in January?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Everton desperately needs an addition in the final third. Salomon Rondon has struggled since reuniting with Rafa Benitez at the Toffees, while Dom Calvert-Lewin remains injured and on the sidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Toon need firepower to get themselves out of the drop zone. At a bargain fee of slightly more than Lyon\u2019s offering of \u00a32.5million, he is easily worth it, regardless of Everton or Newcastle\u2019s current options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boot Room &#8211; CHESHIRE, Newcastle, and Everton have received a boost in their reported&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26307,"featured_media":44558,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,89,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c47-featured-news","category-c16-iranian-legionairs","category-c22-players-spotlight"],"views":1663,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44553","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=44553"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44559,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44553\/revisions\/44559"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}