“Dzyuba’s toxicity in Turkey will not work, he will be spit out” – Nigmatullin

Former goalkeeper of the Russian national team Ruslan Nigmatullin believes that striker Artem Dziuba will have a hard time in Turkey with his character.

Dzyuba remains without a club after leaving Zenit at the end of the season. Recently, information has appeared about the interest in the 33-year-old player from the Turkish Fenerbahce, Galatasaray and Konyaspor.

– The Turkish Championship is very difficult. There are very demanding fans there, so it will be very difficult for Artem to play.

In my opinion, Dziuba has now passed because he has become slower, and football in Turkey is quite fast, aggressive, impulsive. Let Artyom succeed, but it seems to me that it will not be easy for him there.

We all know about Dziuba’s toxicity – when he is not put on, the football player’s relationship with the coach deteriorates sharply, Artem begins to openly hate the specialist and openly demonstrates this. Such a situation in Turkey will not work at all, Turkish football will immediately spit it out.

The Turks are wayward people, to some extent impudent and proud. So the fans will not tolerate such an attitude on the part of a football player,” Nigmatullin said to Metaratings.ru.

Last season, Dziuba played 39 matches for Zenit, scored 13 goals and made 10 assists. As part of the club from St. Petersburg, the football player became a four-time champion of Russia.