Balbuena’s departure will leave the defense center empty.
Balbuena, Moro, Szymanski and Ordets can leave
Although Szymanski has not officially started yet, Dynamo risks losing four players from last year’s base at the beginning of July. Only Fomin and Zakharyan spent more time on the pitch than Balbuena. Most likely they will remain. German clubs are eyeing them, but are reluctant to hold substantive talks with Buvac, who scouts and sporting directors from Freiburg or Bayer know personally.
But the agents of every Dynamo legionnaire are aware that they now have all the cards in their hand. Ordets was at the Moscow club’s end of season celebration, but it is clear that the seasoned defender will leave the Moscow squad. Most likely he will end up in Basel, because Rakitskiy is closer to Shakhtar. But for Dinamo it is worse that the second central defender can leave after one. Balbuena is ready to return to Brazil, where the 30-year-old Paraguayan played before moving to West Ham.
The Corinthians, familiar to him, are close to first place in Serie A, although Flamengo could compete in the fight for the defender of the “popular team”. It is unclear why a club with Pablo, Rodrigo Cayo, David Luis and Leo Pereira needs a central defender? Rather, Balbuena needs a friend from Corinthians, where young Victor is performing, who plans to move to Europe.
And Fabian is expected in South America, the footballer’s family can vote for the departure. It is also not clear what Moro’s prospects are, even if he remains. Nikola did not perform perfectly as a defensive midfielder, so it makes sense that he is looking for a replacement. But this is once again a first team player. If middle-aged Uruguayans Varela and Laxalt are bound by decent contracts with Dinamo, they’re unlikely to rush to suspend cooperation, then Schwartz’s central defenders are more likely to leave.
And this is a problem, given that at the same time Jokanovic did not see Evgeniev as a strong central defender. Buvac agrees with him, they will try to revive Roman’s career in the Wings of the Soviets. But Dinamo, even with just over a week left to start the season, can stay with the youth teams at the center of the defense against Lokomotiv and Rostov – a difficult start to the season. Over time, they began to talk about the transition of a universal Russian.
Lokomotiv on the road to chaos, Barinov’s departure is not surprising
Inviting a licensed coach to Compper HQ that Marvin doesn’t even know isn’t going anywhere. While Dynamo are carefully avoiding the topic of Barinov’s signing, Dmitry himself may decide to leave. Zorn lives according to Rangnik’s precepts: they spent less than forty million euros and now Russian Railways ask for at least some of the money back. The only problem is that there is no particular demand for Lokomotiv legionaries.
Some have already left, others are thinking, like Beka-Bek. In such conditions, it is difficult to bet on success. Barinov did not join Zenit, although his invitation, if Barrios and Wendel had left after Ozdoev, would not have been a fuss. But the football player is definitely interested in Dinamo and even European clubs. Now Lokomotiv will not be able to beg for a lot of money, since Dmitry has a contract until the summer of next year and if they keep it for six months, they will lose it for free.
In winter Barinov will make an agreement with a new club and will leave as a free agent. But if he is afraid that the Lokomotiv season will end in disaster, then he will act now. As usual this summer, it’s unclear whether Dynamo will have any money for the newcomers. Barinov can pay 8-10 million euros if Moro does not suspend the agreement, but finds himself a new team. Nikola came for 8.5 million euros, I wouldn’t want to get out of it.
We are talking about a 24-year-old Croatian, appreciated in the European championships. I haven’t played in the top 5 yet, but maybe. Any legionnaire who initially shows Dinamo that he wants to split up amicably will get angry if the Muscovites can’t find him a new club. Many follow Shimansky – Sevilla, Real Sociedad, Hertha with Schwartz, but Buvac is slow, and everything risks ending with the suspension of the contract instead of a money transfer.
Muscovites have a good squad only in an injury-free world
If three center-backs are lost over the summer, at least two newcomers to this area are needed. Dynamo is in a one kilometer queue for Osipenko, but Rostov has a difficult position: let’s give 8-10 million euros if you want a serious conversation. At the same time, Buvac does not want to sign the first person who comes into his hands. Therefore, free agent Kutepov did not move to Dynamo. And Evgeniev, even though he could have been held on the bench, was released.
But time is running out. Probably, in the early rounds, Kutitsky and Sazonov will have to be thrown into battle, and Buvac secretly keeps the names of the defenders with whom he intends to strengthen the defense. Yerakovich emerged not only in a conversation about the transfer to Zenith, but he, like Kuzmicheva of the Urals, has not yet been signed. The Muscovites delay the exits, there are people in the infirmary and in the center of the field, while they wait for Rubens from Atletico Mineiro, the 19-year-old Georgian Gagnidze plays.
Luka is an interesting player, but Smolov, Shunin and the “schoolchildren” are unlikely to withstand the stress of the season. Why the RFS and Match TV has declared war on the Cup RPL, which can diversify the season – The new tournament is backed by 13 out of 3 major league clubs, and the Dinamo director takes care of organizational matters, it is not a fact that the workload will increase. Perhaps the Muscovites will only play in two classic tournaments.
But last season Schwartz was not distracted even by the group stage of European competitions, which did not stop his young team from giving up several frankly fruitless stretches, losing in the cup final and ending the championship with a home defeat against Sochi. There wasn’t enough experience, but Ordets and Balbuena leave, and instead chase players who are in their early twenties. And veterans like Smolov, Parshivlyuk and Shunin will not be called stable by Dynamo fans.
The moments were created by Szymanski and Zakharyan. And although Tyukavin, Makarov, Grulev and Lesovoy remain, and there are Uruguayans on the flanks who will show injury-free class, the situation is a bit absurd. Buvac, who is a world-class manager, panicked. And now he fell into a stupor. He decided to stay, but he was limited by the decision FIFA on the legionaries. A friendly goodbye with N’Zhi is a good sign, Dynamo still know how to negotiate.
But the coach was chosen as an unstable and professional traveler. And in the center of the defense, if Balbuena ends up in Brazil in a couple of days, only juniors. The Dinamo youth teams will fight for second place. But a series of injuries or obvious mistakes of the coach are enough: in his class there are still doubts for the whole structure to crumble. You shouldn’t take progress with Schwartz for granted, the team needs strong players in the back and defense.
