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Russian footballer of the year bound for Barca or Juve?
Published: 23 December, 2008, 17:19
CSKA Moscow winger Yury Zhirkov is expected to leave the Russian Premier League during the winter.
In an interview with Russia's Sport Express newspaper his agent is quoted as saying that several giants of European football are interested in the striker's services.
More specifically, he mentioned Italy's Juventus and Spain's Barcelona.
The agent added that three leading clubs from the English Premiership have also showed an interest.
At the moment he is trying to work out the best deal for the Russian international and will then forward it to the CSKA management.
Yury Zhirkov was voted ‘Player of the Year’ by the Russian Football Union last season and won a bronze medal with the national team at Euro-2008.
19.12.2008, 14:38
Zenit and CSKA know their opponentsDefending champions Zenit and CSKA Moscow face tricky ties in the first knockout stage of the UEFA Cup. They will try their strength against Stuttgart and Aston Villa respectively in the last 32 of the competition. |
25.12.2008, 10:08
Ex-Italy boss linked with CSKA jobFormer Italy's boss, Roberto Donadoni, may become the new coach of CSKA Moscow as the club looks for a replacement for the retired Valery Gazzaev, Russia’s Sport Express newspaper reports. |
