“Some time ago I said that two players of the European level have grown up in Russia - Fedor Smolov and Alexander Kokorin.
They were still quite young then and tormented my CSKA at that time.
I can't know the exact reason, but somehow the guys stopped abruptly.
They did not become stars of the European level.
I believe that Sasha is potentially a player of a high European level.
Fast, technically equipped, with character, but something doesn't work out.
I don't think Fiorentina is the ceiling for him.
I would like to see him in a more status team.
For Sasha, Fiorentina is a challenge, one more test.
Good luck to him, he is potentially ready to play in Italy, "RIA Novosti quotes Nepomniachtchi.
The 29-year-old football player moved to Spartak in the summer of 2020 and played ten matches for the Moscow club, in which he scored two goals and gave one assist.
His current contract runs until the summer of 2023.
Earlier, the Fiorentina coach said that Kokorin has the qualities he needs.