Former football player of the Portuguese national team Pedro Mendes named the best RPL legionnaire

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.