{"id":44898,"date":"2022-01-31T19:37:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T03:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=44898"},"modified":"2022-01-31T19:37:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T03:37:16","slug":"azmoun-pepi-and-kruse-in-the-bundesliga-transfer-xi-of-winter-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2022\/01\/31\/azmoun-pepi-and-kruse-in-the-bundesliga-transfer-xi-of-winter-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Azmoun, Pepi and Kruse in the Bundesliga Transfer XI of winter 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bundesliga.com &#8211; BERLIN, <strong>Sardar Azmoun joins Max Kruse upfront and Ricardo Pepi is one of three American teenagers in the XI. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>bundesliga.com has picked out a top-quality line-up of new signings to watch out for in the second half of the campaign.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sardar Azmoun<br \/>Position:<\/strong>\u00a0Forward<br \/><strong>Age:<\/strong>\u00a027<br \/><strong>Country:<\/strong>\u00a0Iran (60 caps\/39 goals)<br \/><strong>From:<\/strong>\u00a0Zenit St Petersburg<br \/><strong>To:<\/strong>\u00a0Bayer Leverkusen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Initially announced as a signing for summer 2022, Azmoun has\u00a0instead arrived early\u00a0to boost Leverkusen&#8217;s chances of securing a top-four finish. The Iranian&#8217;s switch should do just that, since he has moved to Germany at the peak of his powers and with plenty of successful experiences to draw on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tricky attacker has spent the bulk of his career in Russia, winning three league titles while playing off giant Russian frontman Artem Dzyuba. The Russian league&#8217;s top goalscorer in 2019\/20 and Player of the Year for 2020\/21, Azmoun played at the 2018 FIFA World Cup and has helped Iran qualify for this year&#8217;s edition too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leverkusen board member Rudi V\u00f6ller &#8211; who knows a thing or two about the subject as a former international &#8211; says the latest signing will add more than just goals. &#8220;Sardar Azmoun also sets up a lot of goals and is an outstanding fit for\u00a0<em>Die Werkself<\/em>\u00a0as a player who combines well with others.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Check out the full Bundesliga Transfer XI of winter 2022 here: <\/strong>https:\/\/www.bundesliga.com\/en\/bundesliga\/news\/transfer-xi-winter-2022-azmoun-pepi-kruse-che-paredes-castro-18743 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bundesliga.com &#8211; BERLIN, Sardar Azmoun joins Max Kruse upfront and Ricardo Pepi is one of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26307,"featured_media":44899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,89,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c47-featured-news","category-c16-iranian-legionairs","category-c22-players-spotlight"],"views":1932,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44898","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=44898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44900,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44898\/revisions\/44900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}