Guys, I love Azmoun and think his talent is certainly huge. He certainly has all the attributes to be world-class.
But let's not get ahead of ourselves. He is still a risk for a "big" european side to be a marquee signing, and there is unlikely to be an Iranian breaking into this list: https://www.fourfourtwo.com/my/featu...otballers-ever
Why?
1) His record of 7 goals in 26 games domestically this year isn't great. Nor is 23 goals in 77 games in Russia. Now, scouts don't all know that Rostov are a defensive-minded team, sometimes they just look at the stats.
2) Iran is a pariah nation politically. There are always various specific risks brought about by this. For example, if playing an Israeli club in Europe or signing and Israeli player.
3) Iran doesn't have copyright laws, so they can't shift T-shirts and merchandise from a popular player like in East Asia.
4) Apart from educated football analysts, europeans just know less about Iran football-wise than Japan, SK, Australia. They may remember a good performance against Argentina and the win against USA but that's about it. Iran's rise to the top of Asian football is only recent, so hasn't yet been processed, nor has the early qualification to WC. So in essence, Iran is subconsciously considered as worse than the other teams by most fans (FOR THE MOMENT)
But let's not get ahead of ourselves. He is still a risk for a "big" european side to be a marquee signing, and there is unlikely to be an Iranian breaking into this list: https://www.fourfourtwo.com/my/featu...otballers-ever
Why?
1) His record of 7 goals in 26 games domestically this year isn't great. Nor is 23 goals in 77 games in Russia. Now, scouts don't all know that Rostov are a defensive-minded team, sometimes they just look at the stats.
2) Iran is a pariah nation politically. There are always various specific risks brought about by this. For example, if playing an Israeli club in Europe or signing and Israeli player.
3) Iran doesn't have copyright laws, so they can't shift T-shirts and merchandise from a popular player like in East Asia.
4) Apart from educated football analysts, europeans just know less about Iran football-wise than Japan, SK, Australia. They may remember a good performance against Argentina and the win against USA but that's about it. Iran's rise to the top of Asian football is only recent, so hasn't yet been processed, nor has the early qualification to WC. So in essence, Iran is subconsciously considered as worse than the other teams by most fans (FOR THE MOMENT)
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