Luciano Spalletti hailed the Russian outfit’s balanced composition and urged them to work hard for the upcoming UEFA Champions League tie against SL Benfica.
The fact that Zenit St. Petersburg spent a quite January transfer window does not seem to bother Luciano Spalletti, who believes that he has quality players at his disposal.
Spalletti has also stressed that Zenit have enough firepower to batter the opposition in the upcoming UEFA Champions League tie against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/SL-Benfica-c40542.
According to some reports in Russia, the Italian tactician had threatened Gazprom, the St. Petersburg’s club owners, to invest during the winter transfer window or else he would resign from the managerial role.
Since then, Zenit have been linked with several high-profile player transfers. BUt the Russian Giants reportedly missed out on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Riccardo-Montolivo-c31049 and David
Pizzaro.
Of the aforementioned players, Zenit came close to signing Arshavin and Glushakov from Arsenal and Lokomotiv Moscow, respectively.
“Look at Manchester City and Manchester United, they had funds but they decided not to go in the transfer market. I think if you have a decent squad at your disposal, there’s no need to bring other players.” The Russian Cup winner
was quoted as saying.
He added: “The present composition is balanced and we are happy about it. We will now try to continue our efforts to progress to the Champions League’s next round.”
Besides giving the examples of both the English Premier League clubs, Spalletti revealed that Zenit could have entered the market had there been better options available. He admitted that they are happy with the current squad and
assured the fans of a promising upcoming UEFA Champions League campaign.
Zenit have been tied against SL Benfica in the round-of-16, after successfully completing the group stages. The Meshki have decent chances of reaching the quarter-finals of the continental tournament, keeping in mind their first
ever victory over http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186.
Spalletti tipped the ambitious club to win the upcoming tie against the Portuguese outfit and insisted that he is satisfied with the available squad.
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