In early August, the Russian football community went into meltdown. Anzhi were slashing their budget, prompting rumours of a fire sale at every turn – Eto’o here, Willian there, Russian internationals on buy one get one free. Kerimov was cutting back, they said, and the rest of the world stood back and laughed as the Anzhi project appeared set to crumble. Purely due to the lack of games played and the relatively short period of time that has elapsed, it is hard to see how severe the impact … [Read more...]