On December 14, Beijing time, Russian media disclosed the details of the introduction of Iranian star Azmond by the Ligue 1 team Lyon. The amount of the transaction is expected to reach 3 million euros. Azmoun and Zenit's contract is only half a year left.
Already representing Zenit in the Champions League, Azmoun will not be able to represent Lyon in the Europa League.
Although he is the core player of the Iranian team, Azmoun has played average in the Iranian team. So far in this World Preliminary Tournament, he has scored a total of 8 goals, 2 of which were scored in the round of 12.
In the summer of 2022, Azmoun's contract with Zenit is about to expire. Recently, Lyon again began negotiations with Zenit.
The French media believe that Lyon may wait until the summer and Azmoun becomes free. But the Russian media outlet sport-ru gives a different answer. They believe that before January, Lyon will pay 3 million euros to buy out Azmoun. Although the transfer fee is only one-tenth of what Son Heung-min did when he went to Tottenham, don't forget that his contract only has half a year left.
Previously, Zenit gave Azmoun a new contract, but the Iranian striker was not interested.
Azmoun has been playing in the Russian Premier League for 9 years and has accumulated more than 100 goals. Zenit are not weak, they have won the league many times and participated in the Champions League many times. But it's clear that champions league matches are far from attracting Asian players in the big five leagues.
Lyon used to be the 7-time winner of Ligue 1, but in recent years they have seen their strength drop a lot.
This season, they are only 12th in the league and the team has scored only 25 goals in total. The grand Paris, Rennes, Lens and other teams have scored more than 30 goals.
The 2019-20 season was Azmoun's brightest moment, with 17 goals and seven assists in the league, in addition to scoring two goals in the Super Cup and two in the Champions League.
Despite being very popular at the club, Azmoun was average in the Iranian team.
In this World Preliminary Tournament, he scored a total of 8 goals for Iran, of which only 2 goals were scored in the round of 12, against the fifth and sixth-tier teams Syria and Lebanon. In addition, Azmoun played a penalty in the match against the UAE.
Iran's top scorer after the round of 12 started was Jahanbakhsh, who scored three goals, and Taremi delivered three assists.
In the World Preliminary Round Asian top scorer list, Azmoun is 4 goals behind Wu Lei, and the number of goals scored in the round of 12 is only half of Wu Lei's. And his practice of working in the league and staying in the Asian arena has been criticized by the local media.
Unlike the cautious domestic players, player transfers are particularly frequent at the Time of the World Cup, especially those from many Asian teams.
Before Azmoun, Iran still had players waiting to land in the Europa League. In addition, players from South Korea and Japan have also contacted European teams through agents.
The Chinese Super League, on the other hand, will not end until January next year. This was halfway through the winter break for European teams. At this time, the Chinese Super League players will contact European teams to transfer, which is not small. In addition, even if they can join, the players who have just finished a game for 3 days are basically physically overdrawn. Once they try out against European teams, they can easily be labeled as physically deficient.
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