Alexander Panov believes Zenit St. Petersburg will find it difficult to survive in UEFA Champions League without key signings and urges Gazprom to invest.
The former Dynamo Moscow player, Alexander Panov, has backed Luciano Spalletti in pursuit of new signings at Petrovsky stadium and admitted that Zenit St. Petersburg need to strengthen their squad in they want to compete for the
UEFA Champions League trophy this season.
In most prestigious of European competitions, where Zenit have managed to reach the round-of-16 for the first time in their history, they are struggling in front of the goal and are in desperate need to raise their defensive rankings
as well.
The fact that Zenit failed to score against FC Apoel and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 in the last two group stage games has puzzled Panov, who believes that Zenit will struggle in the continental tournament without key signings.
If speculations are to believed, Zenit striker http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bruno-Alves-c8108, is set to leave the Russian outfit in the upcoming winter transfer window which will make the St. Petersburg club even
more vulnerable.
News in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ezequiel-Lavezzi-c13073 for striking cover.
The Russian Cup winner revealed that Gazprom, the owners of St. Petersburg club, need to support the Italian tactician; else, the Russian outfit would struggle in the Champions League.
“The game against Porto is the clear indicator that Zenit lacked something. Zenit need a top-class striker. Spalletti needs support from the owners because he sees a bright future at the Russian outfit.” The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Terek-Grozny-c39225
player was quoted as saying.
He added: “http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Luciano-c22574 is not a man who needs money, he wants results and he enjoys football. I agree with Spalletti that Zenit need to buy a couple of top players. If the club cannot provide him what he wants for the team, they may
not renew the contract with the coach.”
Panov went on to reveal the importance of new signings and tipped Gazprom to start investing on the Russian outfit.
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