Insigne's refusal, the risk of Gigot leaving and Vlašić's rent: how Russian top clubs behave in the transfer market

Unsuccessful negotiations "Zenith"

The only representative of Russia in the Champions League continues to try to strengthen the attacking line. And taking into account the fact that at the moment Zenit already has the maximum allowable number of legionnaires in the squad under the conditions of the 8 + 17 limit, this may hint at the departure of Serdar Azmun. Rumors about his transfer to one of the European clubs have been circulating over the past years and have not subsided until now. And the interest in the Napoli and Hertha forwards - Lorenzo Insigne and Mateus Cunye - is probably connected with the possible departure of the Iranian.

At the same time, only the Brazilian can be considered a direct replacement for Azmun in position. Cunya, although he can play a left winger and even drop to the place of an attacking midfielder, prefers to act at the forefront of the attack. True, he was never distinguished by high performance. Last season, he scored only eight goals in 28 appearances for Hertha, including the cup, but added eight more assists to this. However, against the background of appearances in Leipzig, this could seem like a noticeable progress: there he distinguished himself only nine times in 52 meetings.

It is possible that Zenit's sympathy for the 22-year-old striker was largely due to how vividly his former partner in the Berlin team, John Cordoba, who scored three goals in four matches for Krasnodar, manifests himself in Russia. And also the fact that Mateus is well acquainted with two legionnaires of the club - Malcolm and Claudinho, with whom he defended the colors of the Brazilian Olympic team in Tokyo. But according to Rayo Total, Cunya himself is not eager to move to St. Petersburg and has already rejected the offer of the seven-time Russian champion, although it was quite generous.

Apparently, the reigning European champion as part of the Italian national team will not move to the northern capital.

Taking into account the recent acquisition of Claudinho, who is able to close both the position of the attacking midfielder and the left winger, Insigne's transfer was difficult to classify as logical.

Apparently, Lorenzo himself thought so.

According to Italy24News, Zenit was ready to pay € 30 million for the footballer's transfer, and he himself was offered a salary of 8 million euros per year.

However, Insigne was not satisfied with this career development option.

It is noteworthy that earlier in the Russian Premier League (RPL), another representative of the "squadra of azzurra", the forward of "Torino" Andrea Belotti, refused to speak.

Possible losses of "Spartak"

Meanwhile, the Turin club itself is not averse to strengthening a footballer from the Russian championship.

According to the well-known insider Gianluigi Longari, Torino is considering the option of acquiring Samuel Gigot.

Over the past years, there have been many rumors about the possible departure of the central defender from Spartak, however, they were mainly conditioned by his desire to be closer to his son.

At the moment, he lives in France with his mother, which creates problems for their communication.

The situation is complicated by the fact that a year later, Zhigot's contract with Spartak expires, which allows him to freely negotiate with other teams in the winter.

If the ten-time champions of Russia fail to renew the agreement, then next summer the defender can leave absolutely free.

And apparently, while everything is going exactly to this.

“The agent insists that Gigot has a difficult family situation and there is a need to be a resident of Europe in order to see his son ... Is he ready to move his family to Russia? His wife does not want this. So there are several options: either he is finalizing the contract and then either we, or the agent finds him a job, or we will find opportunities to resolve the issue with the family ... We do not want to go against personal family circumstances. Are you ready to let him go this summer? The club will not compromise on weakening the central defender's position unless there is an equivalent substitution. If we don’t find it, and the player doesn’t extend the contract, then he will have to work it out to the end, ”the general director of“ Spartak ”Evgeny Melezhikov told the Championship.

In light of this, the transfer to Torino could partially solve the Gigot problem, but not completely.

Of course, traveling from Italy to France would have been much easier for him, but still continuing his career in Ligue 1 is certainly a higher priority.

This was indirectly confirmed by his agent Mohammed Benshenafi.

“Since Samuel has been in Moscow, he has not lived with his family.

And if he does not renew the contract with Spartak, it will only be for the sake of being next to his son in France.

He treats the club and the fans with great respect, but he cannot live without his son, "the RB Sport agent quotes.

The loss of Gigot may not be the only one for the red and white in the summer transfer window. Some time ago, it was already reported about the interest in Ezequiel Ponce from Lance and Celtic, and recently Celta joined the fight for him. According to reports from La Voz de Galicia, the club from Vigo wants to hire the Argentine striker before the end of the 2021/22 season. It is noteworthy that in La Liga he will not be considered a legionnaire due to the presence of a Spanish passport. True, in "Spartak" itself against the departure of the striker.

Nevertheless, Ponce's temporary departure could have allowed the red and white to free up one place for the legionary, which Adem Ljajic was able to take. The once promising attacking midfielder could not reveal himself either in Roma or Inter, after which he got to Besiktas in transit through the same Torino. There, the Serb briefly perked up and even set a personal record for the number of scoring points scored in a season (9 + 12), but subsequently wilted. However, this did not embarrass the leadership of the Muscovites, who were ready to lease the player with a buyout option.

According to Fotospor, Lyaich's transfer to Spartak was actually agreed, and the documents were sent for signing to Istanbul, but the midfielder's girlfriend intervened in the matter.

She did not like the move to Moscow, as a result of which the transfer was disrupted.

This behavior of the footballer caused anger on the part of Besiktas president Ahmet Nur Chebi, who demanded to expel the Serb from the team.

A new round in the negotiations on Vlašić

The saga of Nikola Vlasic's possible departure from CSKA continues.

Over the past month, the press has regularly spoken about Milan's interest in the midfielder, as well as about the army's unwillingness to make concessions in the negotiations.

Over time, it seemed that the Rossoneri's attempts to turn the transfer ended, as suddenly the father of the Croat Joshko Vlašić made a resonant statement.

He not only stated that his son needed to leave the Moscow team at all costs, but also hinted that it would be nice to let him go for less money.

Against this background, the vice-champion of Italy also became more active, trying to take advantage of the difficult situation of his counterpart.

For example, La Gazetta dello Sport reported that Milan still wants to get Vlašić, but only on a leasehold basis with a buyout option - a condition that initially did not suit CSKA.

As far as we know, the army team wanted to make a full-fledged transfer, but later they began to admit possible options.

And as reported by the Italian media, at the moment CSKA is ready to partially agree to the conditions of Milan and to abandon the clause on the mandatory redemption of Vlašić, but only in case of paying € 10 million for the lease.

At the same time, the total proceeds from the transition should be about 25 million euros.

In addition to Vlašić, CSKA may leave Bruno Fuchs in the near future.

Another Olympic champion Tokyo was one of the team's most expensive acquisitions last season, but has only spent 12 minutes on the field since then.

In the first match, he was seriously injured, due to which, in total, he missed the whole championship.

However, this did not prevent him from attracting the attention of the same Celta.

As with Ponce, the Spaniards want to hire a footballer.

And if we rely on the information of NoticiasCelta, then Fuchs himself has already managed not only to express his interest in moving to Vigo, but also to talk with the head coach of the team, Eduardo Coudet. Thus, the likelihood increases that the defender bought for € 8 million will not play a single full match in a CSKA shirt in two years.