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Azmoun could be back in St, Petersburg in January.

The Russian “sports” website claimed in a news article today that Sardar Azmoun is on the verge of returning to Zenit St. Petersburg team.

This sport media announced that “Sergei Sumak”, the head coach of Zenit, requested the club to recruit Sardar Azmoun in the winter transfer window in January 2023 and named the Team Melli striker team as one of the winter gifts for Sumak. A part of this site’s report states: “Zenit will try to bring back Sardar Azmoun from Bayer Leverkusen, where he has struggled recently.

According to reports, the Russian club is planning to arrange a loan deal for Azoun. It is possible that the contract has a permanent purchase option. “The transfer market website has estimated the price of Sardar Azmoun at 18 million euros.” Azmoun is highly valued by the Zenit, he was on this team roster for three seasons and holds the record for the most goals among Russian foreign players. He has scored 85 goals in Russia along with “Wagner Love”, the former striker of CSKA Club.

Before this, news about the interest of Russian clubs Zenit and Dynamo in acquiring Azmoun was published and denied by some media outlets in Russia. Today’s news on the sports site is the latest news related to the striker of the Iranian national team who is currently injured and out of action for Bayer Leverkusen.

Azmoun leads Zenit to the Russian League title.

 Zenit St. Petersburg has won the Russian Premier League title with four games to spare in a season extended because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Zenit beat third-place FC Krasnodar 4-2 on Sunday to move 13 points clear of Lokomotiv Moscow, which is second and can win a maximum of 12 more points.

Zenit retained the title it won last year and now matches CSKA Moscow with six overall. Only Spartak Moscow has won more Russian titles with 10.

Team Melli forward Sardar Azmoun gave Zenit the lead with a fifth-minute goal before Daniil Utkin leveled for Krasnodar. A penalty by league top scorer Artyom Dzyuba restored Zenit’s lead but Utkin answered again just after the break for 2-2.

Azmoun soon scored Zenit’s third goal of the game and Alexei Sutormin extended the lead to secure the win.

Zenit has won all four of its games since the Russian league resumed last month amid the coronavirus pandemic. The season was suspended in mid-March and resumed June with only a limited number of spectators allowed in the stadiums.
Azmoun has scored 13 goals this season for the champions 12 of them in the league. He is currently ranked third in the top scorers’ list which is lead by his teammate Artem Dzyuba with 21 goals.

Sardar Azmoun continues to excel

Team Melli’s forward, Sardar Azmoun is continuing to impress in the Russian league with his team FC Rostov. Azmoun , who is on loan with Rostov has just scored his 8th league goal against Ural on Monday to set up a thrilling final round of the Russian league.

CSKA Moscow is leading the table with 62 points with one match to go , while Azmoun’s FC Rostov is in hot pursuit in 2nd place with 60 points. Interestingly, in the final round CSKA Moscow will meet Azmoun’s original team Rubin Kazan on 21st May in Kazan. A win will secure them the Russian League title.

Meanwhile FC Rostov will not be travelling too far with an away match to Terek Grozny  lying 7th in the table. FC Rostov must win to stand any chance of catching  CSKA Moscow in case of a slip up  in Kazan.