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Andrei Arshavin to Tottenham update 1
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In an update to the Andrei Arshavin transfer rumour to Tottenham, Russian news agencies are now reporting that a deal is very close to being completed. Per Konstantin Sarsaniya of Zenit St. Petersburg contact with Tottenham has been made and deal is in the offing within the next five days. The one stumbling block is [...]
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Roman Pavlyuchenko to Tottenham?
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Juande Ramos swoop for Russian players doesn’t end with Andrei Arshavin as the BBC is reporting that the they are in contract talks with Spartak Moscow’s Roman Pavlyuchenko. The twenty-six year-old internationally capped striker is a natural predator and capable of scoring from virtually any angle. Additionally his locker-room leadership is strong and he consistently [...]
Category: Team NewsDiniyar Bilyaletdinov to Portsmouth?
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A variety of sources are reporting that Portsmouth of the Premier League are targeting Lokomotiv Moscow’s twenty-three year-old midfield sensation Diniyar Bilyaletdinov. The Russian International is extremely versatile, has quality pace and possesses superb play-making skills and creativity on the attack. His addition would catapult any squads attack and would definitely create a major shift [...]
Category: Team NewsAndrei Arshavin to Tottenham rumours
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I should first say that the consistent rumours of Andrei Arshavin transferring to any number of clubs this summer has been somewhat amusing to me. Simply stated, it is astonishing that the “professional” scouting system within many top-flight clubs is so poor, that these offers only materialized after his performances at the Euros. Yet anyone [...]
Category: Team NewsZenit v CSKA summary + Krylia Sovetov wins big
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In Russian Premier League action earlier today Krylia Sovetov Samara continued its impressive home-pitch advantage with a 4-0 detonation of Saturn Moscow Oblast led by a Yevgeny Savin brace. The twenty-four year-old Striker is paired alongside Czech Republic International Jan Koller who just moved over to the squad this June. As Krylia Sovetov climbs [...]
Category: Team NewsZenit St Petersburg v CSKA Moscow at the half
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What a perfect match to start with in this blog because the first forty-five minutes have been end-to-end beautiful football. While there have been numerous chances the match still is deadlocked at nil score.
CSKA’s Valery Gazzaev has made a series of changes to his lineup featuring Vágner Love the eighteen year-old Alan Dzagoev as the [...]
Category: Team NewsZenit St Petersburg v CSKA Moscow
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You can put the mid-summer Football boredom aside because today in Moscow, a truly unbelievably match is about to take place between defending Russian Premier League champions Zenit St Petersburg and powerhouse CSKA Moscow.
Zenit St Petersburg
It has been an interesting period for the squad from the beautiful city on the Baltic. A surprise winner of [...]
Category: Team Newsyour new favourite team
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Yes, I know that’s quite a bold statement but as you get to know the Russian Premier League, you just might find yourself with a new favourite team. Given that the campaign runs from March to November (if you haven’t heard, it gets somewhat “brisk” during the Russian winters), we’re starting at an exciting time [...]
Category: Team NewsWelcome to the Russian Premier League
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I would like to take this opportunity to announce the new blog dedicated towards the Russian Premier League.
Many of you may be unfamiliar with the Russian league at this time or your knowledge might be limited to a few players who have gained prominence on the international scene. However as an individual who has [...]
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