Rumours have recently been circling around that former Chelsea and current Dinamo Moscow left back Yuri Zhirkov is set to join Russian Premier League champions Zenit St. Petersburg. The rumour seems rather an odd one as the 32 year old is hardly the sort of player that is likely to help Zenit rescue the title that is quickly slipping from their grasp. Zenit already have Domenico Criscito as their first choice left back and his excellent form in recent years has meant his Argentine understudy … [Read more...]
English Premier League Exports to Russia
August 30, 2014 by 4 Comments
Dynamo Moscow • Chris Samba (Blackburn 2007 - 2012 & QPR 2013) • Alex Buttner (Manchester United 2012 - 2014) • Yuri Zhirkov (Chelsea 2009 - 2011) Chris Samba arrived in the English Premiership as an unheralded £500,000 signing from unfashionable Hertha Berlin, and left England for the second time having to defend wages of £100,000 a week in a relegated QPR side. In fact, in the last two and a half years, he has commanded total transfer fees of around £50 million. It is safe to say his … [Read more...]
