Finally, the story of the transfer of Tine Urnaut to Zenit St. Petersburg and officially came to an end. After the announcement and confirmation from the Polish club Jastrzebski Wegiel, the official confirmation of the completion of the agreement on the transfer of Tine Urnaut finally arrived from the Russian side. It has been officially announced that the captain of the Slovenian national team, Tine Urnaut, is a new member of Zenit from St. Petersburg.
Tine Urnaut was announced as a big reinforcement of Polish champions Jastrzębski Węgiel, but later received an offer that cannot be turned down. Zenit St. Petersburg, the club that tried to bring Leon from Perugia, turned to the captain of the Slovenian national team. Urnaut signed a two-year contract with the Polish champions, so it was necessary to reach an agreement with Jastrzębski Węgiel on compensation – contract buyout…
At the end of July, a statement was published on the Jastrzębski Węgiel website confirming the agreement with the Russian side and that the agreed compensation for the contract buyout had been paid. After this statement, it was clear that this turnaround on the transfer market ended and Tine Urnaut became a player of Zenit St. Petersburg. We were just waiting for the final confirmation from the Russian side…