Danny Miguel believes that Zenit St. Petersburg have a decent squad to compete in the UEFA Champions League, Russian Premier League and the Russian Cup
Zenit St. Petersburg have broken all the previous transfer records in the history of Russian championship after signing the likes of Hulk and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/SL-Benfica-c40542 respectively for a reported 100 million Euros.
The defending Russian Premier League champions signed the Primeira Liga duo for 60 and 40 million Euros respectively, a fee which is significantly higher than the 30 million Euros Zenit paid to Dynamo Moscow to sign Danny Miguel
in 2008.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Danny-c10193 has now dropped down to the third spot in the list of the most expensive players any club have ever signed in the history of Russian top division following the arrival of Hulk and Witsel this summer.
However, the 29-year old attacking midfielder is of the belief that the St. Petersburg club have taken a bold step to invite such players to Russia, insisting that records are meant to be broken.
Danny, who spent three seasons at Sporting Lisbon before making his move to the Moscow-based club, went on to praise Hulk, insisting that the Brazilian forward is worth all the money.
Givanildo Vieira de Souza, nick named http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hulk-c16436, helped his former club in retaining the league title after scoring 16 goals in 26 appearances last season. Witsel, on the other hand, made enormous contributions in Benfica’s 2nd
spot finish last term.
When asked to compare http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aleksandr-Kerzhakov-c4569 and Hulk, Miguel refused to draw similarities between the two and admitted that the competition for first team place among the two will benefit Zenit.
“I think Hulk and Witsel will quickly adopt our playing style. With these players, we have a good chance in the Champions League, domestic championship and the Russian Cup. The new signings have made Zenit even stronger.”
“We now have a great attack! The competition between Kerzhakov and Hulk will only benefit the team. If they will score in every match, Zenith will be hard to defeat.” The Russian Cup winner was quoted as saying.
Commenting on who are the favourites to win the league title this season, Miguel pointed out Rubin Kazan, Spartak Moscow and Lokomotiv Moscow.
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