Former CSKA striker Valery Masalitin commented on rumors that Zenit is interested in Lokomotiv player Sergey Pinyaev and Dynamo striker Konstantin Tyukavin. The expert pointed out that the blue-whites have a good school, but at the same time, the club students do not have a chance to prove themselves in the grassroots. Masalitin stated that Zenit is trying to recruit players who have been successful in other teams.
“Zenith has a very good school of its own, and one wonders why the students don’t play in the first team. Because they can’t stand the competition – and with whom? With foreigners. What’s the point of educating your students, the point in the academy if they don’t have the opportunity to prove themselves in the main team?
We have to be prepared for a long time for the fact that they buy players. Rodrigao has proven himself – please, he’s at Zenit. Same with Cassier. Bakaev, Sergeev… So what should the other teams do? We have a club that can take someone away at any time – so why the whole championship? So give the best players now and let Zenit become the champion again.
Naturally, this is aimed at weakening the opponents. Somewhere a good player shows up – why not find himself at Zenit and not at his club? It is clear that there are financial conditions, they are better there. But the same Bakaev showed himself very well in Spartak, went to Zenit, sat on the bench and disappeared from the national team. There is a financial side – yes. But that’s it for now, we need to stop this shop, ”said Masalitin socialbites.ca.
Earlier, the former striker of the Russian national team Dmitry Bulykin said that he does not consider Zenit the hegemon of Russian football.