Zenit St. Petersburg manager Luciano Spalletti is keen to bring the Brazilian attacker to the Russian Premier League and has denied an interest in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dimitar-Berbatov-c11254.
The Russian giants are reportedly leading the race to sign FC Porto’s Hulk ahead of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 FC and Manchester City, after they opened negotiations with the Primeira Liga club.
Luciano Spalletti has confirmed an interest in the 26-year-old winger-c*m-forward, saying that the Brazilian player can definitely help the Russian outfit in the near future.
However, the Italian tactician has remained tight-lipped to tell further details of the ongoing negotiations, saying that the Portuguese outfit is demanding way too much money for the former Vitoria ace.
“We are interested in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hulk-c16436 but it all depends on the numbers. There are other players who are interested in us, too. His playing characteristics are suitable for Zenit, but I think he is considering several offers. Negotiations
are under development. I hope we will be able to successfully complete the deal.” The Russian Cup winner was quoted as saying.
Spalletti had expressed his desire to sign Hulk after winning the Russian championship with a massive 13 point margin in June. However, the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603 manager is finding it difficult to conclude a deal after failing to meet the
Portistas valuation of the player.
Reports in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bruno-Alves-c8108, in part exchange for the former Tokyo Verdy forward.
However, the Portuguese club reportedly want 40 million pounds for Hulk, who has scored 52 goals in 96 appearances for Porto.
With http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aleksandr-Bukharov-c4555 out for an unknown period after sustaining yet another injury, Zenit are short on attacking players.
The Russian media is constantly linking Manchester United’s out-of-favour striker, Dimitar Berbatov, to leave Old Trafford in favour of an unknown Russian outfit. However, Spalletti has denied such reports, telling that Zenit are
not among the club interested to sign the Bulgarian national this summer.
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