On August 30, Zenit officially confirmed the transfer of the 27-year-old forward from Spartak. The contract with Sobolev was signed for three seasons with the possibility of a one-year extension.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if he was loaned out. Perhaps the agent took care of Sobolev in advance, realizing that his days at Spartak were numbered if he spent half a season on the bench, it would be difficult to sell him and make money from it. The reason for Sobolev’s departure from Spartak is clear to me, but Zenit’s motive for buying him is not entirely clear. The only logical explanation, in my opinion, is to harm Spartak and weaken it – perhaps this is Spartak. “This is the only team that can be weakened by buying players, because you can be sure that they will use the money recklessly and buy someone twice as bad,” Chervichenko noted.
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