Football

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

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3 years ago

February 12, 2023

Thomas

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

Photo: © Mikhail Zimin / Match TV

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.

Source: Sportbox

Thomas

Thomas Astudillo is a sports journalist and author who writes for Sportish. He has a deep love and knowledge of sports, and is known for his engaging and informative writing on the latest sports news and events.

Football

CSKA offered 50 million euros for the transfer of Levante striker Etta-Eyong

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58 minutes ago

December 29, 2025

Jon

CSKA offered 50 million euros for the transfer of Levante striker Etta-Eyong

Russian football club CSKA made an offer to transfer the Cameroonian striker to Spanish Levante Carla Etta-Eyonga for an amount of 50 million euros. El Chiringuito TV reports it.

According to the source, Levante had previously rejected the initial offer CSKA for 30 million euros. If the deal goes through, the Cameroonian striker’s transfer will become the most expensive in the history of national football. At the moment the most expensive is the transfer of the Brazilian Malcolm to Zenit St. Petersburg (41.5 million euros).

Etta-Eyong is 22 years old and has been playing for Levante since September 2025. This season he has played 16 matches in different tournaments, scoring 6 goals and providing 3 assists. The striker played 5 matches for the Cameroon national team, scoring 1 goal.

Source: Soccer Ru

Jon

I’m a sports enthusiast and journalist who has worked in the news industry for over 8 years. I currently work as an author at Sportish and my work focuses mainly on sports news.

Champions League

Dynamo planned to fire Shovkovsky in the summer. Why did you wait four months?

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4 hours ago

December 29, 2025

Gary

Dynamo planned to fire Shovkovsky in the summer. Why did you wait four months?

Former coach of Dynamo Kiev Alexander Showkovsky He should have been sacked in August after a poor performance in the Champions League qualifiers.

The blue-whites, who lost twice to Cypriot Paphos in the 3rd round of the European Cup (0:1 and 0:2), were relegated to the Europa League and then promoted to the Conference League.

“I know that Dinamo management believes that a change of coach could and should be made in the summer, after they lost to Paphos in the Champions League qualifiers.

Then an opportunity arose. But the necessary candidate was not available,” the source said.

Due to the lack of alternatives, the president of the Kiev club decided to leave Shovkovsky as head coach, but in November the Ukrainian specialist was nevertheless fired and left Dynamo.

Source: Sport UA

Gary

I am a sports journalist who has written for a number of Sportish. I have a background in journalism and have been writing since I was young. My main focus is sports news, but I also write about general news. I am currently working as an author at Sportish.

Football

Ronaldo received the award for best player in the Middle East

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4 hours ago

December 29, 2025

Jon

Ronaldo received the award for best player in the Middle East

Al-Nasr forward Cristiano Ronaldo he received an award from the Globe Soccer Awards as the best player from the Middle East. The ceremony took place on Sunday evening.

Ronaldo has been performing in Saudi Arabia since the beginning of 2023.

Source: Soccer Ru

Jon

I’m a sports enthusiast and journalist who has worked in the news industry for over 8 years. I currently work as an author at Sportish and my work focuses mainly on sports news.