Blue Haze
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gman07 said:zenit also bought witsel for around 30 mill euros
The Benfica fans will be furious, both their best midfielders gone within days.
gman07 said:zenit also bought witsel for around 30 mill euros
xbuddyx said:This will probably open up for more big names to make a russia move in their prime. I forsee the russian league passing Serie A in popularity withing a few years.
blue soon? said:When we were started to get linked with javi garcia on our deadline day, i hadn't seen a lot of him and witsel but i wondered why we were getting rid of de jong for another purely defensive mid rather than witsel at the same club, who from what i saw can defend and attack well. Either he wasn't stable enough in defence or 45m-ish euros is the answer! I wonder if this will raise the russian football profile, eto'o didn't have much of an effect overall.