Ex-footballer of “Zenith” Alexei Igonine told that the striker’s possible transfer Artem Dziuba and defender Igor Smolnikov in MoscowLocomotive ”will benefit the team, but the railway workers will not build a game for a group of Dziuba and Smolnikov.
Earlier, journalist Ivan Karpov wrote on his Telegram channel that Dziuba and Smolnikov agreed with the Red-Greens to sign contracts before the end of the season.
– Now Lokomotiv has a task and it must be solved by all possible means. Based on this, it’s entirely possible that Dziuba and Smolnikov will help the team. And contracts are signed a certain way. Where you have to prove your worth: the number of games, the quality, the goals. I’m sure Lokomotiv approached this story in a balanced way in that sense.
Well, what can these players do? I always say don’t just look at the game. The training process, which takes 90% of the time, is also very important. Football players who train with such experienced players are also growing, this is important. In any case, there is an advantage.
– A bunch of Smolnikovs – Dziuba is back in business and will it work?
– She worked in certain conditions, tactics and style of play. Nobody knows what she will look like at Lokomotiv. That is entirely possible? Yes, it is. But I’m not sure the coach will build his game for the players who join the team in the near future. Therefore, I don’t think we can know directly if this bundle will be relevant again. I don’t think the game will line up for the bundle to work,” Igonin told .
Dzyuba, 34, last club was Turkey’s Adana Demirspor, which he left in November 2022. Smolnikov, 34, played for Torpedo in the first part of the current season.
The Russian football season will resume on February 22 with the matches of the FONBET Russian Cup. On March 3, the WORLD RPL draw will continue. Live broadcasts of the matches of the RPL and the National Cup are available on the federal channel and the thematic channels of the holding, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV

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