It remains to convince Ivan Quaresma.

Alberto did not return to Russia

Yuri took the opportunity to leave Zenit. Malcolm and Claudinho reduced their chances of reaching the World Cup when the Petersburgers ruined relations with the Brazilian Football Association. Alberto does not want to repeat their fate, he hopes to get a call-up to the national team in the future. Yuri’s agent isn’t the most famous person in the brokerage world, but the 21-year-old forward is his biggest and most valuable client.

Once he agrees to lose money, he will leave for the rent to begin with. It looks like he quickly found a new club. Corinthians, who are leading the new season with Palmeiras in Serie A, are ready to borrow Youri for a year. Or he can resolve the issue immediately by offering Zenit a goalkeeper and another player to choose from, even if the exchange is already much more difficult to implement.

Alberto knows where he is going. Portuguese Vitor Pereira’s team has many players with experience in Eastern Europe. Willian himself distributes the passes, three veterans – Jo, Juliano and Junior Moraes, for whom they played CSKA, Zenit and Shakhtar. Youri Alberto should put Roger out of the game, but the young striker knows how to play in pairs. And Vitor Pereira knows how Hulk won the championship for Atlético Mineiro, so he won’t refuse to strengthen from Zenit.

Quaresma is an option for Zenit

This is Corinthians goalkeeper Ivan Quaresma da Silva. In August 2019 Tite called him to the national team for friendlies. A year later, he called for official fights. Obviously, he sat behind Alison and Ederson, and Palmeiras’ Weverton didn’t leave Quaresma in the Selesao reserve at last year’s America’s Cup. But then Ivan represented the Ponte Preta club, from a modest team he entered the demand of Brazil.

This year he moved to Corinthians and got lost. At the heart of Serie A is Cassio, a 35-year-old veteran, best player at the start of the season. Young Matheus Donelly can replace him on a few occasions and 24-year-old goalkeeper Ivan is left with cup matches and rare appearances in international matches. If the goalkeeper did not fit the coach, then it makes sense that the crafty Corinthians offer Quaresma to the Petersburgers. Ivan, as they call him, has the same agent as Malcolm and Claudinho.

Is Quaresma worth it? Considering that the future of two Semak base players at once depends on intermediary Fernando Garcia’s opinion, Zenit analysts should definitely evaluate the player. Ivan is tall, bigger than Dupin. His technique is more like Neuer than Ederson or Alison. The Brazilians have a crazy school of goalkeepers, Ivan has a good reaction on the lines, uses his size wisely. Inconspicuous, but reasonable goalkeeper. Rather average, but strong. Since the limit allows it, then Semak should take the goalkeeper, because it is better than losing Alberto for free for a year.

Even more important is the transfer of Casierra

Semak knew something about it, only Mateo, after a good season at Sochi, received offers from abroad. The contract has expired, at the moment nothing of the former Ajax striker RPL does not hold. Plus a cash offer from Zenith. Casierra is a center forward who finds a new club easier than many other positions. Sergey Bogdanovich comments so carefully on recent events, because his wishes do not coincide with the aspirations of the players.

If Casierra wanted to build a career in a club with European competitions, he would choose Turkey or Belgium. A twenty-five-year-old free agent will be gladly picked up. At Zenit, on the other hand, without Alberto, he has the possibility of always playing at the base, with Sergeyev in pairs or without Ivan. The Petersburgers need a forward who has come a long way with Fedotov. At the same time, now a forward-reservist is useful and it is more difficult to find him. It is stupid to sign a legionnaire and the Russian market is probably limited by Agalarov. But this striker is unlikely to want to sit still on the bench, Hamid wants to play.

Casierra serves at Zenit, but the St. Petersburg club is now not a priority for those contacted. The Champions League was an important factor. Malcolm, Claudinho and Wendel were promised on the day of signing the contract to play for the club for the playoffs of the prestigious tournament. Everyone believed that he would earn good money and at the same time show his skills to the top 5 teams. Now, as soon as a strong Spanish, Italian or French team appears interested in a Zenit player, he can go straight to the player.

Alberto’s long-term contract did not affect his decision in any way. The Petersburgers will do the right thing if they try to get money or players in return. But it is already clear that they will be less promising. Yuri Alberto is an interesting striker and Casierra is older. You also need to check whether Bukharov’s or Zabolotny’s name will pass the test. It is one thing to be productive in a team of coaches without pressure, it is another thing to play for Zenit, albeit without the burden of Champions League away games. Azmun and Dzyuba have taught fans that goals are not a problem and Sergeyev is not that experienced at the level RPLand Casierra will join a new team.

We don’t envy Semak, it’s easier to break Zenith champion than it looks. For example, Malcolm is unstable, he is such a so-so leader, and the Zenith school does not provide Semak with a fabulous reserve. Casierra is a decent rookie, he also needs a third goalkeeper. Dupin, Lantatov or the Brazilian Ivan will decide the coaching staff, analysts or scouts, but without strengthening Zenit it will be difficult to convince oneself and those around him that nothing has changed without Rakitsky, Azmun and Dziuba. In spring we took advantage of the advantages in the standings, exploited the youth teams of our competitors and now everything is from scratch and the start is in the final against Spartak.

Hence the discussion on the intrigue of the championship. As long as Wendel, Barrios and Claudinho want to leave in the next few weeks, the problems will begin. Now the legionaries behave differently, because Alberto had no intention of missing. The domino effect is not excluded. Even if Claudinho doesn’t want to go anywhere, what will he sing when they come to him from Serie A or the Bundesliga? Shrewd agent Luis Fernando Garcia gives Semak another client of his as a reward for Malcolm and Claudinho’s loyalty. Everyone knows that it is financially beneficial for them to stay, but as you can see, Alberto hasn’t stopped the money factor.