Ex-football player of the Portuguese national team Pedro Mendes called the Brazilian midfielder of Zenit Vendel the best legionnaire of the WORLD RPL.
– A large number of high-quality foreign players play in the Russian Premier League. There have been a lot of Brazilians there lately. Wendel is a great player. Probably, now he is the best legionnaire of the Russian championship for me. I’m not saying that he is stronger than everyone else, it’s just my personal choice,” Mendes told RB Sport.
Wendel’s contract with Zenit runs until June 30, 2027. The transfer value of the player, according to Transfermarkt, is 22 million euros. This season, 25-year-old Wendel has made 22 appearances for Zenit in all competitions, scoring eight goals and providing three assists.
Zenit in 17 rounds of the WORLD RPL scored 42 points and takes first place in the table.
The Russian football season will resume on February 22 with FONBET Russian Cup matches. On March 3, the WORLD RPL draw will continue. Watch live broadcasts of matches of the RPL and the Cup of the country on the federal channel “Match TV” and the thematic channels of the holding, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru And sportbox.ru.
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Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe was spotted in the stands of the Africa Cup of Nations match between Morocco and Mali.
The Frenchman was wearing his partner and ex-partner’s t-shirt PSG Ashraf Hakimiwho plays for the Moroccans.
The Morocco-Mali match was played on Friday evening, ending 1-1. After two rounds, Morocco leads group A with 4 points.
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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola he told how he spent Christmas, which in the Catholic world was celebrated on December 25th.
When asked if he could rest, the Spaniard replied:
Decidedly. I gained four or five kilograms from the food I ate and the drinks I drank.
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Discussion of a possible tightening of the limit for foreign players in the Russian Premier League (RPL) is not finished yet. The president of the Russian Football Federation told journalists this (RFU) Alexander Diukov.
The Ministry of Sports proposes to tighten the limit for foreign players by 2028 according to the “10 foreign players in the application, 5 on the field” scheme.
“The Ministry gave the football community, experts and specialists the opportunity to talk openly about this issue. As far as I understand, the discussion process continues,” Dyukov said.
According to the current limit, clubs RPL can include 13 foreign players in the application and release 8 foreign players on the field. In September, the Russian Football Federation said that the current limit allows for the first time to increase the playing time of young players to 18%.
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