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Roman Shirokov admits English Premier League interest

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The Russian International has expressed a desired to play in England and has hailed his national side after they comfortably win a friendly match against Iceland
Zenit St. Petersburg attacking midfielder, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roman-Shirokov-c31645, has expressed a desire to play in England after confirming that he may leave the Russian Premier League club in the near future.
“If there is an offer from abroad, I will certainly consider it. I would like to play for an English side. It does not matter if a top club comes after me or not I will still try to find a team within top ten.”
“I am interested to work in premier league and my agent is working on it. Everything is going really smooth and the desire is there. But not everything depends on me.” The UEFA Cup winner was quoted as saying.
If Shirokov, who joined the St. Petersburg club from FC Khimki back in 2007, manage to move to England in summer, he will become the sixth Russian player to try his fate in the English championship.
Players like http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pavel-Pogrebnyak-c29501 are still playing in the premier league.
Earlier, the player’s agent revealed that he along with his client are looking for offers to move to any English Premier League club that either plays in the UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League.
News in Russian media suggests that Reading and Fulham FC made a formal bid for the 28-year-old midfielder. However, Arsen Minasov, denied the speculations after saying that none of the aforementioned clubs have made a formal proposal.
Russian national football team defeated Iceland national team in a friendly match with a 2-0 score-line at Estadio Municipal de Marbella on Wednesday. Shirokov scored the opening goal in first-half stoppage time before Oleg Shatov
put the match to bed on 66 minutes.
Shirokov hailed his side’s terrific performance against the Strákarnir okkar, saying that they showed quality football on the pitch and deserved to win the corresponding fixture.

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