Into the winter break
Going into the winter break I have taken Zenit from 9th to 7th which is an improvement even if it isn't far. We have only lost 2 games since I arrived which is excellent and I hope to carry this kind of form when we start playing league football again. Our first game when we get back is against GNK Dinamo in the EURO Cup Knockout Round after getting knocked out of the Champions League.
Transfer News
As you will know from previous updates I bought Carlos Fierro, Zakaria Labyad and Jim Varela. Here are their profiles:
I also have many players coming in on free's in July, they are Pablo Batalla, Samuel Eto'o, Eugene Khacheridi, Eugene Konoplyanka, Blaise Matuidi and Cristian Villagra:
Now to the players who are leaving Zenit soon. First we have Danny, the 30 year old attacking midfielder, he is leaving to go to Liverpool for €15,000,000
Cristian Ansaldi, our 27 year old left-back is leaving to AS Roma for €5,400,000
Aleksandar Lukovic is leaving on a free transfer to Elche
Neto is also leaving to go to Elche for a free, following Lukovic's exact movements
And now the biggest news of the transfer window, Hulk is leaving to Real Madrid at the end of the season for €40,000,000 with their young right-back, Dani Carvajal coming to Zenit in a swap deal.