Sardar Azmoun @ FK Rostov | 2015

[Z Joon]

This man is our biggest hope

[E.Moghaddam]

Someone should post it on the reddit soccer page just like last time so his name can gather more attention
https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer

[BacheLot]

[Abtin]

And then we have Karim

[Team Melli Fan]

great touch, precise finish

[Tehranto]

With Azmoun, ARJ and Ezzataholli coming up - wow!

Three absolute studs to build this team around. Another great one is Kaveh Rezaei, but even as a big fan of his, he has to prove himself more and he is a bit older ...

[ShiroKhorshid]

This guy has it all to become our first ever world star
Hes only 20 so he can play easily 3 World Cups..In Russia 2018 hell still only be 23, and by the time Qatar 2022 comes, i really can imagine him to be one of the worlds best strikers at 27 then.. And even in World Cup 2026 hell still be in a good age at 31.
Bless him May he stay healthy, focussed and make good decisions..
I can see him becoming a striker that scores 15 or 20 goals a season in the top leagues in a few years

[persepolisfan]

His style is perfect for wenger

[Camran khan]

The players who will carry us to the round of 16 in 2018 will be Azmoun, Jahanbakhsh, Ezzatollahi, Hashem and hopefully some more youngsters.

[Ali Doust]

With Azmoun, ARJ and Ezzataholli coming up - wow!

Three absolute studs to build this team around. Another great one is Kaveh Rezaei, but even as a big fan of his, he has to prove himself more and he is a bit older ...

Question is if CQ wasn't at the helm during this period, would these kids have made the push to go to europe at such a young age?

[Camran khan]

Question is if CQ wasn't at the helm during this period, would these kids have made the push to go to europe at such a young age?

Seriously?? This is a very stupid comment, no offense, I love CQ, we will most likely not have a coach of his caliber under IR, but are we going to say next that if CQ wasn't our head coach, would Zarif participate in the nuclear negotiations?

[ShiroKhorshid]

The players who will carry us to the round of 16 in 2018 will be Azmoun, Jahanbakhsh, Ezzatollahi, Hashem and hopefully some more youngsters.

Hashem?

[Afat11]

I would say Sardar and Jahanbakhsh went to Europe for a variety of reasons. 1 of them definitely is that CQ preferred legionnaires in his TM call-ups. As an example, think of guys like Ansarifard and Rahmati who turned down Euro moves at younger ages for whatever reason. I personally have a feeling that Azmoun and Jahanbakhsh may not have gone to Europe so young (yes they are talented enough to have gone at any point, but they may have chosen to stay in the comforts of Iran for longer like our good friend Karim, if CQ didn't instill the thought that they would get invited to TM if they were legionnaires into their head.

[Z Joon]

Seriously?? This is a very stupid comment, no offense, I love CQ, we will most likely not have a coach of his caliber under IR, but are we going to say next that if CQ wasn't our head coach, would Zarif participate in the nuclear negotiations?

Unbelievable...

[Camran khan]

Hashem?

Yes, Hashem Beikzadeh. Stop asking silly questions, that's like asking who Ali Karimi is.

I would say Sardar and Jahanbakhsh went to Europe for a variety of reasons. 1 of them definitely is that CQ preferred legionnaires in his TM call-ups. As an example, think of guys like Ansarifard and Rahmati who turned down Euro moves at younger ages for whatever reason. I personally have a feeling that Azmoun and Jahanbakhsh may not have gone to Europe so young (yes they are talented enough to have gone at any point, but they may have chosen to stay in the comforts of Iran for longer like our good friend Karim, if CQ didn't instill the thought that they would get invited to TM if they were legionnaires into their head.

Azmoun's dad already said that he didn't want Azmoun to play inside of Iran.
It's not like before CQ we didn't know that players were less likely to reach their potential if they stayed in Iran, I think it has more to do with the fact that these 2 players were hungry to achieve something bigger than just playing in IPL, they wanted to reach their maximal potential and become the best footballers they could possibly be. I doubt they went cause it would increase CQ's chance of inviting them to TM.