Former captain of St. Petersburg Zenit and Russian national team Andrei Arshavin in an interview “Sports Express” He criticized the move of domestic players to European clubs.
“I don’t understand why I have to leave. I wish they had gone to a higher class team. How is Lokomotiv different from Atalanta or Torino?
Is the Italian Championship more intense and competitive? And what? I call such transitions “no money, no fame.” Victory at the Russian Championship? At least there is money here,” said Arshavin.
In September, the head coach of the Russian national team, Valery Karpin, said after a friendly match against Qatar that domestic players should leave the Russian Premier League (RPL). He later clarified his words by saying that he was not advising everyone to leave the league, his words were only about transfers to Europe’s top 5 championships.
Now there are only four Russians in the top 5 European championships. Alexander Golovin defends Monaco, Daler Kuzyaev – Le Havre, Alexey Miranchuk – Atalanta, Arsen Zakharyan – Real Sociedad.
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