MOSCOW, January 30, Taras Barabash. Petersburg Zenit was in intensive negotiations with the German “Bayer” and the Brazilian “Internacional”, thanks to which the transitions of the players Serdar Azmun and Yuri Alberto took place already in the winter, said the president of the St. Petersburg club Alexander Medvedev. On Sunday, Zenit announced the transfer of Azmun to Bayer and the transfer of Yuri Alberto from » Internacional» in the winter transfer window. It was originally planned that both transfers would take place in the summer. «Initially, Zenit and Internacional agreed that the transfer of striker Yuri Alberto to Zenit would take place in the summer. At the same time, Serdar Azmun signed a contract with Bayer Leverkusen to move as a free agent to In June of this year, the clubs have held intensive negotiations, thanks to which the transfer of Azmun to Bayer Leverkusen will take place this winter, and Youri Alberto will join the Blue-White-Blues this winter,» he said. to Bayer, will compensate Zenit's expenses for the acquisition of Alberto in the winter transfer window,» Medvedev added.
