Petersburg “Zenith” head coach Sergei Semak reacted to the news that he was interested in the defender of the blue-white-blue Dmitry Chistyakov from the Moscow “Lokomotiv”.
“The closer the transfer window is, the more rumors there will be. Sometimes the entire coaching team laughs at what appears. Most of these rumors have nothing to do with reality. The lion’s share of this information has absolutely no basis,” says Semak. “Sport Express”.
On May 30, information appeared in the media that several Moscow clubs were interested in Chistyakov, and one of them, Lokomotiv, made a serious offer to transfer to the football player. At the same time, the defender’s manager said that he did not know anything about the interest of other teams in his client.
According to Championship, Zenit is ready to leave Chistyakov for €5 million.
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