Strengthening CSKA, cleaning Krasnodar and a quarrel at Rubin: what happens in the RPL clubs in the winter off-season

Parish of Yazicı and Medina

So far, CSKA has been spending the winter transfer window more productively than all contenders for RPL medals.

The army team, unlike Spartak, did not arrange a mass purchase, but competently and pointwise strengthened problematic positions with ready-made masters.

The rumors that Yusuf Yazici and Jesus Medina will join the team have been going on since the beginning of the year, and in January the rumors were nevertheless confirmed.

A full-fledged contract was signed with the Paraguayan for a period of 3.5 years. The legionary is called upon to close the right flank of the attack, because of which Alexei Berezutsky experienced a lot of headaches. In the summer and autumn, he used the nominal forward Fedor Chalov in this zone, but the experiment did not justify itself. According to the red-blue mentor, the newcomer is also able to play on the left and as a second striker. He is also great at finishing attacks. The Latino scored nine goals last season in MLS.

Universal and Yazici, who has experience of playing even in the support zone.

However, the team has no shortfall in it.

That is why the Turks are very likely to settle in the position of the "tens" and try to replace Nikola Vlašić.

Potentially, he is able to become one of the strongest players in the Premier League.

In Lille, Yusuf was unable to open up to one hundred percent due to a serious injury that knocked him out of action for four months.

Nevertheless, he helped the team become the champion of France.

In Russia, where the speed is lower, the midfielder can prove himself, especially since he is only 24. In this case, CSKA will activate the option to buy the transfer and get a leader for many years.

Prutsev's signing

Spartak is the most active in the transfer market.

The club, with the arrival of Paolo Vanoli and Luca Cattani as head coach, as sports director, adheres to a clear line.

Only young performers are bought, which after a while can be sold at a higher price.

At the same time, it was necessary to pay more than €5 million (€9 million) only for striker Shamar Nicholson.

He is the only legionnaire who joined the team in the winter.

A total of just over €4 million was spent on Daniil Khlusevich, Leon Klassen and Ilya Svinov. The acquisition of Danil Prutsev fully fits into this concept.

The midfielder is young (21 years old) and clearly has not reached his ceiling in the RPL.

And only €1.5 million was spent on it.

The football player is able to play in any position in the center of the field and may well help the red-whites, who regularly experienced problems in this zone in the fall.

Roman Zobnin was often injured, and Jorrit Hendrix did not show himself in any way.

Now the coaching staff will have a new option in midfield.

And Prutsev will try to win the competition for a place in the basis of other young Russians Nail Umyarov and Ruslan Litvinov.

"Wings of the Soviets" can only sympathize.

Following the top scorer Ivan Sergeev, the Samara team lost another key performer.

Immediately without two leading players in the spring, it will be extremely difficult for them to continue to fight for getting into European competition.

Loss of Silyanov and Lisakovich

Continues to lose people and "Locomotive". This week, he released two young players at once. According to media reports, Alexander Silyanov could join the Dynamo squad, but in the end, on loan until the end of the season, he moved to Rostov. This decision of the railroad management looks extremely controversial. Firstly, the club's pupil in the current season regularly received practice and acted quite reliably. Secondly, with his departure, Markus Gisdol was left with only one right-back - Maxim Nenakhov, who did not look stronger than his partner.

The departure of Lisakovich also raised questions, especially since the Muscovites, unlike Silyanov, sold the Belarusian to Rubin.

Although Vitaly was not able to fully open up in Lokomotiv and become a solid base player, he regularly entered the field and was useful.

In the current draw of the national championship, he has two goals and the same number of assists.

And with the sale of Fedor Smolov, he could start getting a lot more practice.

Last but not least, the red-greens abandoned two performers who are not subject to the limit on legionnaires.

In return, the club just takes foreigners.

The Czech forward Jan Kukhta has already joined the team.

Apparently, the 21-year-old Monaco striker Wilson Isidore will soon join him.

Despotovich's demarche

But Lisakovich's transfer to Rubin will only benefit.

If the Belarusian did not become the main forward in Lokomotiv, then in Kazan he can turn into one of the leaders of the team.

Leonid Slutsky is in dire need of forwards.

Last year, Djordje Despotovic suffered from injuries, while Herman Onugha and Ivan Ignatiev did not take advantage of their chances.

A technical smart football player is able to strengthen the two-time champions of Russia and quickly play with the Khvichi Kvaratskhelia and Anders Dreyer acting on the flanks.

Unlike Despotovic, the rookie is not a pure striker.

He regularly pulls in depth and shifts to the flanks, where he combines with partners and demonstrates branded feints.

The Serb himself will soon leave Rubin.

The coaching staff decided to send the scorer to the double.

According to media reports, the player had a conflict with Slutsky.

It flared up allegedly, among other things, because of the player’s unwillingness to enter the field not completely healthy.

Now the athlete does not want to lose a large salary, and the club does not intend to break the contract and pay a considerable compensation.

According to other sources, the reason for the disgrace was the reluctance to sign an agreement with the mentor's agent Christian Emile.

The striker himself published a post on his Instagram page in which he wrote that he would no longer play for Rubin.

It is difficult to say where he will continue his career now, but the Russian giants are unlikely to pay attention to the striker in winter.

"Zenith" was strengthened by Sergeyev, and "Dynamo" - by Smolov.

CSKA has Anton Zabolotny and Chalov, and Krasnodar has John Cordoba and Vladimir Ilyin.

In Spartak, the competition for places in the attack is already the highest.

Theoretically, George can help Lokomotiv, but Muscovites are unlikely to be interested in an age-old performer who is regularly out of action.

Option one is to leave for the well-known championship of Kazakhstan, where they are ready to offer him a good agreement.

Departure of Vilhenna and Spaich

Continues to clear the composition and "Krasnodar". In winter, the southerners acquired Junior Alonso and Eric Botheim and promptly vacated legionary vacancies for newcomers. The departure of Tonny Vilenna to Espanyol was not a surprise. The Dutchman made no secret of his desire to leave Russia in the summer. The need to forcefully close the left flank of the defense did not add to his optimism. The athlete stressed that he intends to sign a full-fledged agreement with the Catalans, since there is a buyout option in the lease.

And with Urosh Spaich, the Russian team completely terminated the contract.

The Serbian failed to fully prove himself in Russia, although in the summer of 2018 he was bought for €6 million. At that time, the central defender was considered as a long-term main player and a replacement for Andres Granqvist.

As a result, after only two years, he was forced to go on loan to Feyenoord due to overkill in the application of foreign players.

The club paid € 9 million for Villena, but he also did not become a full-fledged team leader, even though he was quite useful and played almost 80 matches for the southerners in all tournaments, scoring nine goals in them.