Former CSKA football player and ex-coach of the army youth team Alexander Grishin believes that Russian midfielder Arsen Zakharyan and Armenian Nair Tiknizyan should not rush to move to European clubs.

— It is not surprising for me that European clubs show interest in Nair Tiknizyan. He is the main player of Lokomotiv, not so long ago he received a call to the Armenian national team and scored a goal for it. But if I were him, I would not be in a hurry to move to Europe. Because, first of all, Nair will lose a lot in terms of salary. And secondly, he still needs to get stronger: after all, he became a base player not so long ago. And moving abroad is always a struggle for a place in the squad, he can just stop playing and watch football from the bench. So if I were in his place, I would act like Daler Kuzyaev. First, I achieved something in the RPL, and then I would go to conquer the European championships. The same applies to Arsen Zakharyan, who, after the first successful season at Dynamo, began to woo at Chelsea. The guy is still very young, and in the last RPL draw he no longer showed the football that we saw when the team was led by Sandro Schwartz. And moving to Feyenoord now would not be the best idea for him. Arsen first needs to return to his former form, continue to develop talent and prove to Marcel Licka that he is a first-team player, and not still a promising player. Therefore, it’s not worth it to rush to play in Europe yet, ”RT quotes Grishin.

The specialist also believes that the acquisition of Strakhinya Erakovic for Spartak will be a good transfer.

— Their defense has been waiting for a qualitative increase for a very long time, and Erakovic can become one. Because, as a rule, Serbian players adapt well in our championship, after all, our brotherly people, cultures and languages ​​are very similar. Moreover, this is a young football player who will have great motivation to play for a club like Spartak. This is a great springboard for moving to the European top club, if he shows himself very well. This was the case with Nemanja Vidic, who also moved from Zvezda to Red-White. But the most important thing is that they take a young foreigner. Because it’s better to take one than an age-old star from the top championship. Usually such players come just to earn money at the end of their career, and not to benefit the team. Such a player will not be motivated. He still gets paid for his money. Yes, and for the transfer will have to pay a lot. As, for example, for Davinson Sanchez, who was offered to Spartak for 15 million euros. It’s not a fact that a player from the Premier League will show the same level as in Tottenham,” Grishin added.