As we are speaking about Russia..there is talk Mancini wants some of his old players..Murillo and Brozovic..hope he makes an offer for kdog since he was the one that wanted him so badly.Free up some funds and starting places for some really class players.
P.s #norubetreble#
Zenit getting any of our players (and specifically paying fuckload of money for them) is a highly unlikely scenario.
They are significantly cutting costs (hence the sales of both Witsel and Hulk), also an issue with the stadium implies possible future costs in that department.
Second, there are huge talks re increasing the limit of the number of non-Russian onfield players (as well as the number of foreign players in the team overall) in the Premiership.
Third, they did not qualify for CL, so it'll be pointless for them to spend too much before they get back to the CL (and there's no guarantee they will).
Finally, the euro/rubble exchange rate has fallen drastically since the days of the acquisition of Witsel and Hulk.
Therefore, seems like Zenit won't be spending tonns of bucks this season, they are trying to be more efficient within the current market situation. Considering Mancini will cost them like a fucking lot, there is an additional reason why Zenit will most likely go for bargain acquisitions this summer. So trying to offload them any of our dead wood will probably end up in them underpaying on every possible occasion.