Ansar Ayupov believes that Anzhi Makhachkala’s Guus Hiddink and Spartak Moscow’s Unai Emery are fortunate enough to have the aforementioned players in their squad
Former Lokomotiv Moscow midfielder, Ansar Ayupov, has highlighted Anzhi Makhachkala’s Lacina Traore and Spartak Moscow’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dmitri-Kombarov-c11402 as the best players in the Russian Premier League campaign so far this season.
Traore, who joined the Makhachkala-based club after leaving Kuban Krasnodar during the winter transfer window earlier this year, has had a flying start to the league campaign this season after scoring 8 goals in 12 league appearances
already.
The 6 foot 8 inches attacker, meanwhile, helped the Dagestani club in the UEFA Europa League campaign after netting four goals in total including wonder strikes against decent sides like Liverpool FC and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/AZ-c38571 Alkmaar respectively.
His growing talent and experience has alarmed a host of top European sides to steal his signatures and his agent, Dmitry Selyuk, has confirmed that Udinese along with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 made enquiries about his client lately.
Dmitri Kombarov, on the other hand, is in scintillating form at the moment after proving himself as a goal-scoring midfielder this season.
The 25-year-old has already scored 6 goals in 20 appearances in all competitions including the winner in the UEFA Champions League playoff round against Turkish side, Fenerbahce, at home.
“Hiddink is fortunate enough to have Traore at his side because the 23-year-old is scoring a lot of goals and making decent assists. I think Traore is arguably one of the best players in the Russian championship at the moment.”
“As for Kombarov, I think that Emery increased the player’s confidence after making him the team’s captain. Kombarov has played consistently and I think he is having a great season. I think Valery Karpin deserves credit for signing
this absolute quality player.”
“He is ten times better than the former Brazilian captain, Carioca, because he has immense stamina” The former Dynamo Moscow player was quoted as saying.
Ayupov is of the belief that Unai Emery, who signed a three-year contract at Luzhniki stadium this summer after earning his name during his days at http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863, did the right thing to hand the captain arm band to
Kombarov.
Tags: