Let’s summarize the main thing about the difficult months.

Many great craftsmen have left

In addition to veterans Dzyuba and Ozdoev, Zenit was forced to part ways with Yuri Alberto. It was fortunate that this is the only Brazilian not wanting to play RPL. Should Santos, Wendel and Malcolm lose, the team should be reassembled. More or less like they did in Dynamo, because Schwartz, Ordets, Balbuena, Varela, Szymanski and Moro are gone. Five base players and a head coach: a disaster in other circumstances.

Krasnodar lost Krychowiak and Vilhena, Cabella left even earlier. Gazinsky and Utkin were handed over themselves. In CSKA there are also many defeats, because Fernandez, Magnusson, Biyol, Dzagoev, Gbamen, Ejuke and Yazici were directly tied to the base when they were healthy. Lokomotiv has both voluntary losses: they did not offer a new contract to Rybus, and forced ones. Beka-Beka decided to leave, even Kukhta didn’t stay long.

Obviously, the runoff could be stronger, but legionnaires are too fat RPL contracts so that players can easily part with millions of euros. But even Rostov, although the salaries are not the same as in Lokomotiv, did not keep several legionaries, including young people, and not just Sow. Of course, the foreigners from Spartak are gone. Some for rent, some permanently. Gigot, Kofrier, Kral, Thiel, Hendrix, Ponce, Rocha and Larsson are out of Abascal’s offer. Some will not be missing, but let’s see if the safety margin of the youth teams is sufficient.

“Ural”, having lost Augustinyak and Kulakov, also lost experienced people, who are now missing from the team. And now guess who mainly strengthened? That’s right, legionaries. For many years the limit did not create a ready-to-fight reserve, and although now a lot depends on the progress of Russian players, the first eight places according to estimates after the start of the season are occupied by foreigners, because Spertsyan is a player of the Armenian national team.

They bet on Serbs and Latins

A shrewd agent, Fernando Garcia, decided to win the big jackpot by working with the clubs RPL this summer. The mediator convinced Malcolm, Claudinho, Mantova, Ivan, Moises and now the newcomer of Lokomotiv Pedrinho that they had to choose Zenit and the clubs in Moscow. Semak was saved by the Brazilians. In addition to those named, an adapted defender Rodrigao has arrived. And the bet on immigrants from South America has also become popular.

Cassierra, Marichal, Roberto Fernandez, Willian, Vera, Marin, Florentin, Mendez, Fasson and Pedrinho – the list is quite long, although not impressive by name, there are more unexposed guys than the famous and experienced ones. Africans like Balde, Ngamalyo and Sissako have also been dragged out of European clubs. Integrated with Serbs, such as CSKA – Zdelar and Gayich arrived and, as a result, they were not always full-blooded, but decent teams. The hunger of the staff in case of injuries and suspensions can be felt from Krasnodar, Spartak, Lokomotiv and Sochi.

The clubs that managed to pick up the backbone of the Russians were a little luckier – for example, Zenit has clubs on the sidelines, but the class of Mostovoy, Bakaev or Erokhin is high, like that of Kuzyaev and Sutormin. Others bet on young people, like Dinamo or Spartak. BUT CSKA the stage of Russification of the composition occurred in the recent past, Fedotov, on the contrary, suggested returning to experienced foreigners, as before.

Moscow club intrigued and surprised

CSKA and Dinamo strengthened the teams, as there was an outflow of players. Sometimes expected – how to part with Dzagoev and Akhmetov for the army, or Evgeniev for the “white and blue”. Sometimes it was an avalanche of defeats that the clubs did not control. It was not possible to transfer money for Yazici, although it was possible to buy Carrascal’s contract from River Plate, and this is a great success. Fedotov and Jokanovic did not get off the directors until they received a reinforcement.

The dynamo is intrigued by the appearance of two adventurous defenders: Fernandez and Marichal. On the right can run the captain of the Israeli national team Das, but it was not possible to pay the midfielder Kartsev. But Buvac returned Norman to RPL Let’s see in what form the Norwegian is found. Even on the flag he decided that it was necessary to strengthen the attack. Buvac is apparently insured against the loss of Zakharyan in the winter. Grulev, Makarov and Lesovoy received a lift from a competitor, Ngamalyo from Cameroon.

Once it looked promising, it is now slightly behind, but the level of the defensive lines has returned RPL he clearly hasn’t grown up, so any diligent gamer will find his moment. Even Ivan Ignatiev, who moved to Lokomotiv. If the summer transfer CSKA and Dinamo can be rated with a plus sign – with the correction that Buvac thought longer than Babaev, it is harder to praise Zorn. Fasson is an interesting player, but he was out with an injury, and this is the most interesting of the newcomers.

Mitai, Kuzmichev, Rakognats and Pedrinho will only play if a cool manager appears. Is it time to resurrect faith in Yuri Pavlovich Semin? Romantsev will not be called to Spartak, although Oleg Ivanovich should have whispered to the new owners of the club that it is not worth leaving the young Abaskal without a defensive midfielder, right-back and attacking midfielder after all the injuries and misfires of the youngsters. Spartak were in place of Lokomotiv in the spring, but they have strengthened without a single concept of agreements.

Mevlya and Rybus are needed for the experience, but are they plowing deep now? Commentator Genich insulted Balda in vain, the striker is unlikely to be overweight. Keita is often in the gym, athletically developed, like Ze Luis in the past. But will the unstable striker of the Barcelona school be useful to Spartak? For Zinkovsky, the same question and many of the players that Abascal was also waiting for: the guys from the “Soviet Wings”, or the director Fernandez, did not make it to Spartak.

The events at Zenit, where they were most concerned about the lack of outflow of players, at Lokomotiv, where they clung to the youth teams, or at Spartak, where Abascal remained with holes in the squad, lead to a conclusion based on the results of the summer transfer. . The campaign was tepid. Many did not make it, often had to choose an alternative, because the lead candidate refused. The main thing is that those who are now playing do not lose motivation. Promes, Spertsyan, Carrascal, Malcolm, Wendel, Medina, Claudinho will leave … RPL it can be closed, and this is not outrageous.

They will be followed by the most interesting young Russians, such as Safonov, Barinov, Zakharyan and others. The situation is tense and twofold, no club is 100 percent satisfied with the transfer campaign. And individual teams have kept costs down to a minimum, because provinces are unsure of receiving the usual funding in 2023. So the season has gleefully started, but club executives don’t think life is honey.