Forward published by the club’s press service did not include striker Alexander Kokorin, who was in a difficult situation around the transfer to Sochi.

27 Zenit players will go to Spain.

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- FC Zenit 🌊 (@zenit_spb) January 29, 2020

September 17, 2019 Kokorin was released on parole. He signed a contract with Zenit, but was not announced by the club for the first part of the 2019/20 season. The footballer was convicted of several brawls in the center of Moscow that took place in October 2018.

On January 21, Sochi announced the lease of Kokorin, but after that the player’s agent repeatedly stated that the player did not want to move to another club.

Earlier, Kokorin's stepfather said that transferring a player to Zenit-2 does not contradict his contract.