MOSCOW, Aug 31 Italian football club «Venezia» announced on the official website on the conclusion of a contract with the midfielder of the Russian national team Denis Cheryshev. The agreement with the club of the Italian second division is calculated until the end of the 2023/24 season with the option of extending for another year. Cheryshev's last club was the Spanish Valencia, which he left after the expiration of the contract in the summer of 2022 of the year. Since then, the football player has been in the status of a free agent. Cheryshev is 31 years old, previously he played only in Spanish teams — Real Madrid, Sevilla, Villarreal and Valencia, in which he won the Spanish Cup. As part of the Russian national team, the midfielder played 33 matches (12 goals, 5 assists), reached the quarterfinals of the 2018 home world championship with the national team. After three rounds, Venice is in 11th place in the Serie B standings.
