Former football player Vladimir Bystrov in his career telegraph channel Commented on the transfer of Artem Dziuba and Igor Smolnikov to Lokomotiv.
“Honestly a strange decision for two old Lokomotiv players. How to build a new team around them? That is not possible. You know, if the leadership of Lokomotiv is worried that the team will relegate to the First Division, then it is definitely an increase,” he said. wrote Bystrov.
Dzyuba’s contract with the Moscow team continues until the end of the season. The media reported that the Russian striker will earn at least 4 million rubles per month at Lokomotiv.
Recall that Dziuba spent the first part of the 2022/23 season in Turkey Adana Demirspor. In total, the striker played four matches for the club and did not fully play a single match.
In the 2022/23 season, Smolnikov played in the capital’s Torpedo. For Avtozavodtsy, the defender played 16 matches, in which he scored one goal and made one assist.
Former football player Vladimir Ponomarev judicial Dzyubu with decommissioned material.