Arsenal fans were left frustrated when internet pranksters changed the club’s squad list on Wikipedia to indicate the Gunners had signed striker Sardar Azmoun – nicknamed the ‘Iranian Messi’.
The Iran international, who plays for Rubin Kazan in Russia, mysteriously appeared on the list of players on the popular website and the 20-year-old had apparently been handed the number five shirt by manager Arsene Wenger.
A section of Gunners fans thought that someone in the know had jumped the gun to hail the arrival of new, highly-rated striker arriving at the Emirates.
However, the ‘transfer’ proved to be a mere wind up, with mischief makers adding Azmoun to the page fraudulently to send moderators scrambling for the edit button.
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Azmoun was on target in the penalty shootout as Iran bowed out of the Asia Cup to Iraq on Friday.
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