Igor Denisov, a captain without mincing words

Igor Denisov, captain of Zenit St. Petersburg and the Russian national team, has been sentenced to train with the reserves for statements that have sat badly within the club. The footballer born in the then called Leningrad not bitten tongue when the salary review his new partner, the Brazilian international Hulk, Porto's ex:

I could understand if we signed Messi or Iniesta, worth any price. Yes, we bought good players who clearly help Zenit. But they are much better than others to earn a salary three times better?

Denisov not only refers to Hulk, but the Belgian Axel Witsel. Official figures say the Zenit left 40 million in each of the two players, the first from the second Porto and Benfica, but has not missed who has removed a portion to the amount received by the people of Lisbon to add at the mouth of the Douro. In any case, the total exceeds 80 million by objective variables.

But what bothers Denisov not the outrage that his club was spent on both signings, but the tab that has been agreed with both players, who considered a comparative disadvantage with other major players of the entity. Hulk Zenit charge of more than 5 million clean through each of the five years for which he signed while Witsel aprecibirá 2.5 million annually.

Denisov's reviews have been supported publicly by Aleksandr Kerzhakov, formerly of Sevilla FC (2006-08), which began his career at Zenit, club where he played his first six seasons as they turned professional and in 2010. As noted at the beginning of the post, the club has reacted to criticism punishing two players to train with the reserves and even the youth.

It is not a trivial matter because both players are two of the most important of the template: Denisov is the captain and Kerzhakov, plus club squad, came to be the Zenit striker Hulk to landing. That is, the club is not about punishing anyone, but two of the bastions of the wardrobe. Witsel Hulk and have not yet ruled on the matter, but certainly bring the issue queue.

Coach Luciano Spalletti will have to deal with an issue that could well break the conviviality on a computer, after the large outlay made ​​this summer, is forced to fight for and win the Russian Premir do well in the Champions League, a competition in which you started with an unparalleled defeat against Malaga Manuel Pellegrini .