Only the sales of Neres and Barbosa were unsuccessful.

David Neres (Brazil), 26 years old

After Malcolm’s departure, Zenit were looking for a winger. And although the program changed over the summer, David was not abandoned. But Benfica, as usual, aggressively entered into negotiations, and Neres himself was in no hurry to accept the first invitation. Experts from Portugal and Brazil confirmed the existence of negotiations. But with the transfer of Izidor at the last moment – they took the attacker on loan from Lokomotiv, it became clear that Semak’s main gamble did not work. Neres rarely plays for Benfica, so the conversation about the Brazilian’s transfer will return in January. Or next summer, it all depends on the relationship between the winger and Benfica coach Schmidt. Player and mentor they don’t get along, Zenit has the chance to convince David to take the money by refusing the Champions League. But Saudi Arabia will also welcome Neres, so it is too early to send the Brazilian to St. Petersburg.

Leonardo Balerdi (Argentina), 24 years old

Neres played several matches for the Brazilian national team, but the former Argentine national team player was interested in Spartak. But Marseille’s Leonardo is young enough to interest Scaloni as a future first-team player. In the summer Balerdi was in the squad for the matches against Australia and Indonesia, but he did not take the field. Although perhaps, because the player is young. It is clear why Abascal was interested in Samuel Gigot’s talented partner. But Spartak overestimated themselves. Such a young and promising footballer was in no hurry to play RPL. It’s a shame, because the championship needs strong defenders, and not only in Spartak.

Franzdi Pierrot (Haiti), 28 years old

Against the backdrop of Artyom Dzyuba’s poor form, Lokomotiv was looking for a central striker. We paid attention to the Maccabi Haifa footballer, who plays excellently for the Haitian national team: 19 goals in 27 matches. The big striker could become a replacement for Dziuba, because he is noticeably younger and not spoiled by playing in the elite leagues. Except Pierrot has experience playing the game United States of America, like an American passport. Maccabi rejected Lokomotiv’s offer of 2.5 million euros. As a result, Franzdi remained in Israel, and the railway workers switched to Suleymanov from Paris NN.

Wellington Santos (Brazil), 22 years old and Juninho Capishaba (Brazil), 26 years old

The left wing of St. Paul’s, Wellington, was due to arrive CSKA. Fedotov asked for two players on the flanks at the same time. Also questioned about the versatile Red Bull Bragantino defender Luis Antonio, known as Juninho Capishaba. The second deal was canceled by the club’s owners: the Austrian company refused the money and did not want to be involved with the club, whose owners were sanctioned. But San Paolo was ready to send Wellington down the left side CSKA. But here the army doctors did not like the results of the medical examination. The Moscow club has delayed its transfers. As a result, we were left with Nababkin in the center of defense and Gayich on his non-native left flank. We managed to get one of the three Brazilians, the right winger Kelven.

Cengiz Ünder (Türkiye), 26 years old

A remarkable player, but terribly unstable. The agent confirmed Zenit’s interest, but the representative of the attacking midfielder of the Turkish national team could exploit the Saint Petersburgers to interest other buyers. Theoretically it is not difficult to imagine a strong second striker in Semak’s schemes, both with three central defenders and in the classic “4-3-3” model. But instead of Zenit they came for Ünder from the rich Fenerbahçe. Marseille received 15 million euros and Cengiz will no longer be present RPLhe has a new contract with the Turks until 2027.

Davinson Sanchez (Colombia), 27 years old

The agent of the Colombian, who could move from Tottenham to Spartak, announced at the end of July that the deal had been concluded. Different versions circulated. According to one of them, Levi was afraid of arguing with his bosses nuclear submarinewho recommended not doing business with teams RPL. According to another version, Sanchez himself refused to come to Moscow. One thing we know for sure is that Abascal tried to sign Davinson and they offered a huge amount of money for the centre-back. But millions remained at Spartak, and the footballer went to Galatasaray for 9.5 million euros. The Turkish club has a solid summer season. They bought out Icardi’s contract and signed central midfielder Demirbay and left back Angelino.

Gabriel Barbosa (Brazil), 27 years old

Gabigol didn’t play in Europe at his first attempt. The Flamengo striker did not establish himself in his youth at Inter and did not show up on loan at Benfica. But in Brazil he is in order. Barbosa has won the Copa Libertadores twice and is an experienced striker. His performance is fluctuating, he is not the most stable player, otherwise he would have played constantly for the Brazilian national team and in the summer he would have moved to Real Madrid to join Vinicius and Rodrigo. But he could become an interesting debutant for Zenit. But Semak checked through his channels how Gabigol performed and refused in favor of his Flamengo teammate.

Pedro Abreu (Brazil), 26 years old

When Wendel asked to return home, the Petersburgers offered to exchange the midfielder for Pedro. This is a required member of the Brazilian national team world Cup-2022. Pedro doesn’t look like a Brazilian striker, he plays like the tall Uruguayans. Abreu is “wooden” by Selecao standards. There were enough mistakes on the pitch, so in the new season’s Serie A he has only 5 goals in 19 games. Barbosa doesn’t have the best performance either. Zenit have abandoned two Brazilian attackers, but have convinced midfielder Wendel to stay at least until the winter. Let’s see how this decision will influence the results, even if for now it doesn’t seem that Semak lacks the men to win. Rubin’s defeat will inspire the team. And since there is no need to play in the Champions League, the current safety margin will be enough. Intrigue inside RPL This will only happen if Krasnodar recovers and stops losing points by playing draws with opponents who can be beaten.