Sokolov-and-Mikhaylov
Losing the championship title in Russia after 5 years and a title in the CEV Champions League after 4 years, both last season, were first red flags risen upon Zenit-Kazan. This season, they suffered 3 defeats in 11 games in the home league, have 1-1 in the Champions League and won the bronze medal in the Club World Championship. These certainly aren’t satisfying results in the eyes of Zenit-Kazan’s fans. Winning the national cup might make a better turn.
According to an Italian journalist Gian Luca Pasini, the MVP of the 2019 Russian Cup Maksim Mikhaylov doesn’t seem to want to play on position 4 (to which he was switched to make room in the line-up for Bulgarian opposite hitter Tsvetan Sokolov) anymore. Pasini wrote in his blog that this is the reason why Sokolov might return to the transfer market at the end of the season. No matter how Bulgarian is a famous name, Mikhaylov is a club legend. This turn of events could change the strategies of Italian clubs, whose purchasing power is soaring in recent years.
According to Pasini, Zenit-Kazan might not wait for the end of the season to make some decisions. They could be made already in January.
See our sections – Transfers – Done Deals and Transfers – Rumors.
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