Former player of the English Manchester United and the Russian national team Andrei Kanchelskis shared his opinion on the possible transfer of Moscow Spartak player Alexander Sobolev to Zenit St. Petersburg, noting that for modern football players everything comes down to money. “RB Sports”.
“The values of football players have changed. For them everything is about money. They have no understanding, they will sell their own mothers for money,” said Kanchelskis.
In the completed season of the Russian Championship, Sobolev played 27 matches and scored five goals.
Zenit became national champions for the 2023/24 season with 57 points after beating Rostov 2-1 in the final round. Krasnodar became second after beating Dynamo 1-0.
Spartak fired Guillermo Abascal from the post of head coach in April. After that, Bosnian Vladimir Sliskovic became the head coach of the team. The red-whites finished the season in fifth place in the Russian Championship, collecting 50 points. At the same time, the red-whites announced the signing of the Serbian specialist, former head coach of Crvena Zvezda and Ferencvaros Dejan Stankovic, before the end of the championship.
Previously Zarema Salikhova appreciated Sobolev’s possible departure from Spartak to Zenit.