Zenit St Petersburg have signed Russian international midfielder Oleg Shatov from Anzhi Makhachkala, the club that recently put its entire first team squad up for sale.
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Shatov, 23, who confirmed the move, follows Yuri Zhirkov, Igor Denisov and Aleksandr Kokorin - who all joined Dynamo Moscow - out of the club. No details of the length of contract or transfer fee were revealed.
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Zenit have already signed defender Igor Smolnikov from Krasnodar as they looked to strengthen their squad ahead of the Champions League play-off tie against Portugal's FC Pacos de Ferreira on Tuesday.
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"Everything turned out unexpectedly but this is the football life," Shatov told www.uefa.com.
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"I got a nice offer. Of course, I want to represent a team with ambitious aims."
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After losing their opening four games of the season, Anzhi announced that their entire squad was for sale, signalling a change in strategy from signing big- name players.
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Chairman Konstantin Remchukov also took to Twitter to suggest the club's annual budget will be reduced from $187 million to around $78 million.
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Since the announcement the futures of players such as Brazilian playmaker Willian and Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o have been in doubt with Willian linked to a move to Premier League Tottenham Hotspur and Eto'o to Chelsea.
I love it when football teams are so determined as to do this...It definately makes a lot of sense to me.