Chairman of the Board of Zenit Konstantin Zyryanov told Match TV that thanks to the transfer of Russian national team defender Igor Diveev, the St. Petersburg team had the opportunity to vary the composition.
On Sunday, Zenit announced the transfer of Diveev from CSKA. The 26-year-old football player’s agreement with the St. Petersburg club runs until the end of the 2028/29 season. On the same day, CSKA announced the transfer of striker Luciano from Zenit. The agreement with the 24-year-old football player runs until the end of the 2029/30 season.
— With this transfer, Zenit was guided by the fact that, firstly, it was getting a player from the Russian national team, and secondly, a player of a good level with a Russian passport in the center of defense, which gives the coaching staff the opportunity to vary the composition. It should be taken into account that Zenit exchanged the main defender of the opposing team for a striker who did not receive much playing time at Zenit in the first part of the championship. Of course, it is still impossible to say for whom this deal is more profitable – for Zenit or CSKA, time will tell. But let’s hope both teams benefit from this trade.
— How would you evaluate this deal from a financial point of view?
– Again, depending on what you start from. Now we can state that the deal has been completed by mutual agreement of the clubs and both can be happy.
— How difficult were the negotiations with Cruzeiro regarding Gerson, which ended in a record transfer for the Brazilian club?
— A new head coach has joined the team, who knows Gerson well and is counting on him very much. At the same time, any negotiations are never simple. This one was no exception. It’s just that no one was going to pay such a sum for a player,” Zyryanov told Match TV.
Gerson’s transfer to Cruzeiro became the most expensive in the history of Brazilian football. Taking into account bonuses and various options, it is about 35 million euros.
Diveev has played for CSKA since 2019. The defender has 203 matches for the army team, 20 goals and five assists. The footballer played 19 matches for the Russian national team and scored one goal.
Zenit is in second place in the MIR RPL standings after 18 rounds, gaining 39 points. CSKA is in fourth place with 36 points.
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St. Pauli President and member of the German Football Association Oke Göttlich He said that a possible boycott of the 2026 World Cup due to US President Donald Trump’s actions and statements regarding Greenland should be seriously discussed in the football community.
In his opinion, such a discussion is long overdue and the potential threat is even greater than the boycotts of the Olympic Games in the 1980s.
“I’m really asking myself when the moment will come to specifically think and talk about this. For me, that time has already come. In my opinion, the potential threat now is much greater than it was at the 1980 Olympic Games. We have to have this discussion.”
As a society, we forget how to set taboos and boundaries. Is the taboo broken when someone threatens or attacks?” said the officer.
The 2026 World Cup is planned to be held in the USA, Canada and Mexico.
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Roma and Milan met in the Italian Serie A match. The match ended with the score 1:1.
Score a goal for the hosts Pilgrims (74′, penalty). Marked for guests De Winter (62′).
According to the results of the meeting, Roma have 43 points (4th place), guests have 47 points (2nd place).
In the next match Roma will play on February 1st, the opponent will be Udinese. Milan will also play their next match on February 1st (the opponent is Bologna).
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Sports director of the Egyptian Al-Ahly Walid Salah El Din confirmed it Hamza Abdelkarim goes to Barcelona.
Terms have already been agreed between the two clubs and the 18-year-old striker will soon undergo a medical in Barcelona before signing a contract.
El-Din told Mundo Deportivo: “Yes, Hamza Abdelkarim will go to Barcelona. I wish him every success, I want him to be able to gain a foothold at Barça and not return to Egypt.”
Abdelkarim will go on loan to Barcelona until the end of the season with the right to buy in June. Initially the player is expected to play only for the second team of the Catalans.
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