News of Sardar Azmoun’s injury has been widly circulating in the German social media. According to a fan report and quoted by Fars news agency, Sardar Azmoun, the Team Melli and Bayer Leverkusen’s striker suffered a complication while warming up against Porto in the UEFA Champions League match just before being substituted in.
Azmoun suffered from a strained biceps muscle, had an MRI Thursday morning, and the result of the tests by the German club’s doctors show that the player requires 4 to 5 weeks of rest. With this situation, the Team Melli striker does not have any particular problem to participate in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 after completing his treatment and recuperation period.

With the fact that there are only 45 days left until Iran’s first match against England on Monday 21st November, according to the diagnosis of the Medical Staff of Azmoun’s injury, declaring that the player’s injury will be resolved by then., however, Azmoun will be critically short of match practice and/or recovery training for the first match at least.

Bayer Leverkusen’s medical team will update the club on regular basis. Team Melli has yet to comment on the situation.