Any club RPL your own “Team Falcao”.

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Aleksandr Selichov (Russia)

The Petersburgers deny having claimed Selikhov now, but in the past the Amkar goalkeeper has chosen between Spartak and Zenit. The goalkeeper was expelled from the St. Petersburg school for absenteeism and years after talking to Lucescu, the goalkeeper trusted Carrera. Unlucky with complex injuries, but when Selikhov recovered and got fit he received a new contract on the eve of the derby with CSKA. Alexander in shape this season, as well as Safonov, who also refused the move to Zenit.

Alternative: Safonov matches (Russia).

Defenders

Mario Fernandez (Russia)

The naturalized Brazilian has become a father and is resting in Brazil with his wife and close people whom he had not seen in a long time while making millions in Moscow. He has put his career on hold, which happens very rarely in football. Fernandez is a bit of a weird guy, so it’s no surprise that he played for the Russian national team, but he refused to learn Russian. He is called to Zenit, but the champions are rejected by the best right side RPL recent years.

Alternative: Denis Kolodin (Russia).

Kostas Manolas (Greece)

Branislav Ivanovich refused several times, but then, in his old football years, he accepted. With Manolas it was different. Mancini has agreed with Roma the transfer of a player. Paredes was waiting for a familiar player in St. Petersburg. The management of the “wolves” hoped to get money for the player. But Kostas underwent a medical examination and then refused. According to the legend, he asked for more money, he was turned down – he went mad.

Alternative: Rolando (Portugal).

Sergey Ignashevich (Russia)

“Moratorium” for transfers between CSKA and “Zenith” invented, of course. But the absence of deserters, as between Spartak and St. Petersburg, is explained very simply. Giner refused when offered to send Akinfeev, Ignashevich or Zhirkov to Zenit. You can find a couple of new players who have played for both clubs – Semshov, Shirokov, Rondon, Zabolotny, Karavaev or Yuri Valentinovich, but Ignashevich didn’t fill their numbers. I refused, I refused CSKA.

Alternative: Andrea Ranocchia (Italy).

Georgy Jikia (Russia)

Jikia himself said that after the championship at Spartak, his contract included a fixed redemption amount. Zenit agreed to pay him, but the future captain of the Red-Whites refused. Georgy says there was no hesitation, but it is important to add here that the young player also took into account the competition: in the Zenit he could repeat the fate of Novoseltsev.

Alternative: Vladimir Granat (Russia).

Midfielders

Luis Nani (Portugal)

Many years ago, Ronaldo almost got into Russian football, and this may have happened even before the Porto players migrated to Dinamo Moscow. But Zenit later focused on his friend and teammate, Luis Nani. survived unforgettable experience under Ferguson’s leadership, the winger could become the main at Zenit. But when the negotiations began, he asked for an incredible salary and when he heard of a lower amount, he flatly refused.

Alternative: Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Russia).

Roman Zobnin (Russia)

Almost all the players on the list have openly discussed negotiations with Zenit. It is clear that as soon as a midfielder of the level of Zobnin or Barinov appears on the horizon, the young man will be able to receive an invitation from St. Petersburg. At one time even Dzagoev could be at Zenith, in life everything happens. But Zobnin refused when he was at Dinamo, he refused when he was already playing for Spartak. Orlov was so upset that he predicted that Roman would end his career five years ago.

Alternative: Cheikh Kouyate (Senegal).

Christian Eriksen (Denmark)

Eriksen turned on Ajax and then constantly received invitations from Zenit. In the collection of the Danish football legend, Champions League finalist and midfielder Manchester United some fat offering in a couple of years. Iron logic, ten years ago the young Ajax midfielder played in the style of Zenit. Christian could adapt and play, and his transfer was not expensive, cheaper than Bukharova. But Tottenham were faster. Zenit lost from this refusal.

Alternative: Denis Glushakov (Russia).

Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands)

After the end of his career, Sneijder sat on fast carbohydrates – he seriously gained weight. And ten years ago he was in decline at Inter, but Danny received another terrible injury, Zenit was looking for a new switchboard. We haven’t entered the Portuguese market yet – Witsel and Hulk will be signed later, so we picked the world runner-up, the Champions League winner and the guy who honestly admitted he never worked so hard Ronaldo. In terms of money, he was offered no less than at Galatasaray, but in RPL I did not want to.

Alternative: Denis Cheryshev (Russia).

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Fedor Smolov (Russia)

Five years ago, the Krasnodar striker received a tempting invitation. Fedor’s performance was also exceptional. Smolov initially agreed to move to Zenit, but then Galitsky intervened. After some time, a new invitation followed, six months before the World Cup – then Fedor, and not Dziuba, was the boss of the team. Now Smolov’s refusal followed, he dreamed of the top 5, where he arrived only after Lokomotiv and for a short time.

Alternative: Leandro Damian (Brazil).

Luis Suarez (Uruguay)

Zenit scouts of those times were connected with the Dutch, in the St. Petersburg club they cut a window to Europe with the help of a Dutch specialist. But they came across the character of Suarez himself, who publicly stated that he would not go to Eastern Europe, even though they would offer huge money there. Also, don’t forget that Luis’s future wife studied in Barcelona and even accepted Liverpool only temporarily. For better or worse, many stars have been lost RPL? For Zenit, this is definitely bad, because they knew weak foreign players in the club.

Alternative: Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russia).

With the Brazilians now, Zenit is very lucky, even if fashion talks about it mass naturalization. The limit does not work, but once a RPL against healthy legitimate competition, then it is not worth replacing the restrictions with a circus, when every second Brazilian will be with a Russian passport. Fantastic masters came without it, like Hulk, Danny and Krishito. But there were also transfer failures not to be forgotten, because they teach that not everything in football can be bought with money.