Lachter fears Kerzhakov to lose national team place like Pavlyuchenko and Pogrebnyak – Football News
Well known FIFA agent, Dennis Lachter, has warned Zenit St. Petersburg’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roman-Pavlyuchenko-c31639 and Pavel Pogrebnyak.
“I think Capello is the one who is responsible for the result against Portugal. I do not know why he picked up Kerzhakov for the crucial match despite knowing that the striker is out of form at the moment. Kerzhakov has not scored since November 2012. Of course, this affects the psychological state of the player. Although I am no one to tell Capello who should be playing in the near future, I just want to convey Kerzhakov that he needs to avail his chance if he want to keep playing in the national team unlike Pavlyuchenko and Pogrebnyak,” Lachter was quoted as saying.
Lokomotiv Moscow’s Pavlyuchenko and Reading’s Pogrebnyak have not been called up by newly appointed Russian boss Capello, who took the managerial charge after resigning from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 duty last year.
The Italian tactician has helped the national team beyond any shadow of the doubt, having won first four matches in-charge. However, the former AC Milan manager could not help his side in the World Cup qualifier against Portugal at Estadio da Luz earlier this month following their narrow 1-0 defeat against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Paulo-c29431 Bento’s men at Lisbon.
Capello started the crunch World Cup encounter with Kerzhakov up front after neglecting the likes of Pogrebnyak, Pavlyuchenko, Aleksandr Kokorin, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Andrei-Arshavin-c5771 respectively.
However, the coach had to replace Kerzhakov in the second-half of the match following the 30-year-old’s below par performance against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984. Kerzhakov is yet to find the back of the net since scoring against the same opposition back in October last year.
Lachter told Kerzhakov to work harder in the near future if he wants to enjoy a decent spell with his national side under Capello.
Kerzhakov, meanwhile, has been linked with a move back to Dynamo Moscow this summer as a potential replacement for Zenit St. Petersburg bound http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aleksandr-Kokorin-c4576.
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