{"id":44785,"date":"2022-01-22T10:54:11","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T18:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=44785"},"modified":"2022-01-22T10:54:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T18:54:11","slug":"bayer-04-sign-striker-sardar-azmoun-from-zenit-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2022\/01\/22\/bayer-04-sign-striker-sardar-azmoun-from-zenit-official\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayer 04 sign striker Sardar Azmoun from Zenit [Official]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>www.bayer04.de &#8211; LEVERKUSEN, <strong>Bayer 04 Leverkusen have signed Iran international Sardar Azmoun. The 27-year-old centre-forward\u2019s contract at Russian champions Zenit St. Petersburg runs out in the summer and will not be extended. He will join the Werkself for the 2022\/23 season on a deal until 30 June 2027.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re delighted to have completed this transfer. Sardar Azmoun has been one of Russian football\u2019s top goalscorers for several years. He\u2019s been champion three years in a row there with Zenit, regularly played in the Champions League and shown himself to be of international class at the highest level,\u201d said Bayer 04 sporting director\u00a0Simon Rolfes\u00a0of the signing. \u201cOur attack gains extra quality with him. Sardar will make our attack even more unpredictable and powerful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Managing director for sport\u00a0Rudi V\u00f6ller\u00a0says the 1.86m-tall Azmoun is a \u201cversatile striker capable of playing in several positions. He\u2019s very quick, good in the air and has a good sense for space. But he\u2019s not just a goalscorer. Sardar Azmoun also sets up a lot of goals and is an outstanding fit for the Werkself as a player who combines well with others.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Azmoun, who has 39 goals in 60 caps for Iran, the move to Leverkusen is \u201ca step from the best club in Russia to one of the best leagues in Europe. Bayer 04 Leverkusen has a really great squad. I\u2019ve been keeping an eye on the club for a long time and am impressed by the team\u2019s style of play,\u201d said Russia\u2019s Footballer of the Year for 2021. \u201cIt\u2019s incredibly exciting for me to soon be able to play in the Bundesliga. And I\u2019m convinced I\u2019ll make the team even better with my footballing ability.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>www.bayer04.de &#8211; LEVERKUSEN, Bayer 04 Leverkusen have signed Iran international Sardar Azmoun. The 27-year-old centre-forward\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26307,"featured_media":44786,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,89,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c47-featured-news","category-c16-iranian-legionairs","category-c22-players-spotlight"],"views":2968,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44785","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=44785"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44787,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44785\/revisions\/44787"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}