Opinions of Zenit’s Head Coach Sergey Semak on Russian Championship, Foreign Players, and Academy Development

2023-09-15 01:42:00

Head coach of Zenit Sergey Semak expressed his opinion on whether it is possible to win the Russian championship with a team made up only of local players, and also spoke regarding his attitude to the limit on foreign players.

“You can make a championship squad from only Russians, but it is very expensive.

Let’s take a player of the level of the Russian national team. If Zenit approaches the club where this player plays, then they ask for 20 million euros or more. When they wanted to invite Mario Fernandez three years ago, they asked for 30-35 million for him. For comparison, we took Douglas from Hamburg for 12 million. The difference in salaries is also significant. From an economic point of view, it is more profitable to take, for example, a player of Claudinho’s level than Zakharyan or Spertsyan, who will be more expensive for us than the Brazilian.

We look forward to seeing academy players become leaders in the first team. Some are currently on loan, some have left for other clubs, some, like Dima Vasiliev, play for Zenit. And he plays well. I hope it will be even better.

The limit is a rather complicated story, which in one way or another puts players in unequal conditions. When you play a weaker player because he has a different passport, this is already an unsportsmanlike principle.

Foreign players do not interfere with the development of our players. The fewer limiting questions there are, the better. In a fair fight, you need to win the competition – it doesn’t matter who has what passport. Foreigners also help Russians develop. Kovalenko, for example, wants to play like Wendel. He sees how he plays and works with the ball.

Mario Fernandez is an example of professionalism. The first one arrives, the last one leaves. Performs any exercise 100%. Or, figuratively, you say to Dima Vasiliev: “Look at how Santos performs this exercise, and look at how you do.” Show the young man a video of how the Brazilian completely completes the tasks, and he does it while the coach watches,” the telegram channel quotes Semak as saying.SBG Thoughts Out Loud».

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