Neto remains coy over Zenit future and laments Denisov, Alves departure – Football news
Zenit St. Petersburg defender, Luis Neto, has remained coy over his future after saying that does not know where he will end up in the near future.
The Portuguese stopper, meanwhile, bemoaned http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bruno-Alves-c8108 departure.
“I have a contract at Zenit, which is designed for the long term. I like to play for Zenith. Of course, sometimes in football things change quickly, it is not necessary to categorically rule out any possibility of moving to a different league. Perhaps if
can get a chance to play in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nacional-c39984 player was quoted as saying.
Neto, who managed to score a goal in nine appearances last season, has heavily been linked with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan during the ongoing summer transfer window. News in Russian media suggest that Zenit will only let the player leave should they get at least 12 million
Euros offer.
If speculations are to be believed, Walter Mazzarri has made the 25-year-old, who joined the St. Petersburg club from Siena last year, his prime target after taking managerial charge at San Siro last month.
Mazzarri sacrificed a chance to compete with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Napoli-c40003 in the UEFA Champions League next season to join the Milan-based club.
Neto went on to lament Alves and Denisov’s departure to Fenerbahce and Anzhi respectively and urged the management to find suitable replacement for the departed players this summer.
The St. Petersburg club are currently playing in the 2013 united tournament at http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Luciano-c22574 Spalletti’s side has not been able to collect a win in the competition so far, having suffered two defeats against Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv respectively.
However, Neto remains optimistic over the progress made by Zenit after a disappointing end to the league campaign last season after saying that the pre-season tour will definitely help Zenit to prepare for the Russian Super Cup against CSKA Moscow at Rostov-at-don
later this month.
Neto reminded his side that they have a chance to steal one trophy from the Moscow-based club after losing out a chance to win the league title.
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