The Spanish football club “Real Sociedad” (formerly Twitter) on the X social network published a post in Russian dedicated to the conclusion of a contract with Arsen Zakharyan.
The Spanish club’s post read “Welcome”.
Zakharyan signed a five-year contract with Sociedad.
The 20-year-old Samara native played for the Dynamo youth team from 2017 to 2020, after which he transferred to the main team and spent three seasons at the Russian Premier League (RPL) level. Previously, English Chelsea, Dutch Ajax and Feyenoord were interested in Zakharyan.
According to the Spanish newspaper Marca, Sociedad paid Dynamo €12 million in bonuses for the Russian football player, including a percentage of a possible future sale.
Zaharyan was not included in the Moscow club’s application for the Russian Premier League’s fourth round match against Baltika on 13 August. The head coach of the club, Marcel Lichka, said that Zakharyan can be called a player of the Spanish team. He introduced Zakharyan on the social network X (Twitter).
formerly Zakharyan commented Transferred to Sociedad.