Dick Advocaat shares his point of view on negotiations with Barcelona
on Andrei Arshavin.
Zenit manager Dick Advocaat spoke about the situation on
Barcelona's bid for Andrei Arshavin rejection and the club transfer plans.
Barcelona turned down their offer for Arshavin, and we have no offers
from other clubs, but I believe we will receive them in the nearest future,
said Advocaat to Sport Express.
Zenit will play Spartak Nalchik on Wednesday, and I will decide whether
to put Arshavin to the line-up for this match on Tuesday.
"Arshavin's absence didn't affect Zenit display on Sunday clash against
FC Tom", since Tekke and Dominguez looked impressive.
"It's very good that our team can show high-quality football without
our leading players."
"We are still in search of two more players. It would be almost impossible
to acquire top-level players, but those who can count on a place in the
starting-line up will soon join the team."
"Zenit has a very tense match schedule, as we are to perform in Premier
Liga, Russian Cup and the Champions League, so new players will surely
come to the squad."
"Pogrebnyak is now busy with our physiotherapist, and if everything
goes well, we will soon manage to count on his services."
"Nikolas Lombaerts is training in Belgium and will be able to return
into action in October."
"In both cases we are not hurrying up, since it's very important
to have these players fully rehabilitated from their injuries."
