{"id":3817,"date":"2017-05-27T18:54:36","date_gmt":"2017-05-27T09:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/?p=3817"},"modified":"2017-05-30T16:56:24","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T07:56:24","slug":"four-iranian-players-move-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/2017\/05\/27\/four-iranian-players-move-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Iranian players on the move this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Niloufar Momeni<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

European\u00a0football leagues have just closed off the gates for yet another season. And it feels more like a breezy spring weather in Europe, but that does not stop hot summer transfer rumours from swirling around already.<\/p>\n

Amongst Iranian players in Europe, two players, in particular, are in high demand to make a big move to the top European leagues.<\/p>\n

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1. Alireza Jahanbakhsh<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 23-year old striker had an outstanding season with AZ Alkmaar. Having scored 11 goals and providing 8 assists, he is among the top scorers of the Eredivisie (Dutch top-flight league) in the 2016-2017 season.<\/p>\n

His sharp and strong shots on goals, movements off the ball, as well as his young age and the fact that he will not be able to play in a European competition next season with AZ, make him an ideal transfer target.<\/p>\n

In recent days, Daily Mail<\/em> reported on three English Premier League teams interested in acquiring Jahanbakhsh. According to the English newspaper, Watford, Burnley, and Bournemouth are all preparing to bid for the talented striker.<\/p>\n

It seems like his mind is set to move though; according to a report, he has consulted with his mentor, Mahdavikia, and he was quoted saying \u201cMahdavikia has recommended\u00a0choosing a team with which I can play regularly.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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2. Sardar Azmoun<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 22-year- old star has recently been named one of the best players for Rostov this season.<\/p>\n

With crucial goals for Rostov at Champions League this season and 10 goals in the bag, he has already proved himself as a capable striker in Europe.<\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, it has been months since the reports came out, first by The Guardian<\/em>, linking him to Liverpool, Arsenal, Villarreal, Marseille and Borussia Dortmund.<\/p>\n

In recent weeks, Portuguese media has reported on Primeira Liga, Portuguese league\u2019s champion preparing an offer for Sardar Azmoun.<\/p>\n

Also, his recent Instagram post in his official page strongly suggested a goodbye message to Rostov fans. Having stated his ambition to play with a top European side in the near future, offers could be plenty this summer.<\/p>\n

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3. Saeid Ezatolahi<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 20-year old midfielder was on loan from Rostov to Anzhi in the Russian league. However, barely playing any full game at Anzhi, he is set to move back to Rostov this Summer.<\/p>\n

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4. Ashkan Dejagah<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ashkan Dejagah\u2019s story is wildly different that other Iranian players in Europe of this list. In Summer, Ashkan will be free-agent with no offer in sight.<\/p>\n

The 30-year old midfielder joined Bundesliga-side Wolfsburg in January 2017 from Al-Arabi of Qatar. According to Die Welt<\/em>, upon joining Wolfsburg he missed the first three games until he got the right to play by FIFA.<\/p>\n

Then immediately, he was injured in training with a hamstring injury. Upon managerial changes, the new coach, Jonker demoted Ashkan to train with the reserve team in the regional league.<\/p>\n

Ashkan could only play two games at the end of the season, and his contract will be expired on June 30th.<\/p>\n

With no chance in sight for a contract extension at Wolfsburg, Ashkan Dejagah will certainly be moving to another team this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Niloufar Momeni European\u00a0football leagues have just closed off the gates for yet another season. And it feels more like a breezy spring weather in Europe, but that does not stop hot summer transfer rumours from swirling around already. Amongst Iranian players in Europe, two players, in particular, are in high demand to make a big move to the top European leagues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":1055,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152,41],"tags":[776,158,189,141,95],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3817"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}