Midfielder of Dynamo Moscow and Russian national team Arsen Zakharyan waiting in Spain for a medical and signing a multi-year contract with Real Sociedad. Sport studied the local press and collected a selection of epithets about the football player. There were also some unpleasant moments.
«Russian pearl» — this is how the journalist of Mundo Deportivo Angel Lopez characterizes the Russian. And hints that the club is acquiring not just a quality player, but a future star, a potential replacement for David Silva, who has retired.
In all the materials of the Spanish media, the main line is not so much the performance of the midfielder for Dynamo, but the trust on the part of the head coach of the Russian national team Valery Karpin. The ex-football player of Real Sociedad, Valencia and Celta is well remembered in the Iberian Peninsula, which is why they attach special importance to the game of 20-year-old Zakharyan at the heart of the national team.
- «Zakharyan is associated with the name of another Russian football player who made a career at Real Sociedad, Valery Karpin, who entrusted him with a place in the national team at the age of 18,» emphasizes Oscar Badallo from Marca.
- «The transfer of Zakharyan, a promising 20-year-old football player who shone in Russia, may be the only one to staff the center of the field, because (Real Sociedad president) Apperiby said that the club does not plan to take two players to this zone)», — the As authors suggest, not stinting on compliments and focusing on the fact that Zakharyan is a real star.
- «One of the most promising players that Russian football has produced in recent times,» writes journalist Roberto Ramajo, noting: «He stands out for his quality, passing accuracy, and attacking second-line attack «.
- «Zakharyan is a great bet for Real Sociedad in midfield,» said Estadio Deportivo's Juande Perez, stressing that the midfielder has already established himself as the new gem of Russian football. «He is a footballer with a great future and it seems that the Basque club managed to pull off a difficult deal, given the competition with giants such as Ajax and Chelsea.
Surprisingly, the topic of politics and relations between Russia and the West, most of the Spanish media have bypassed, but there are exceptions.For example, one of the local Basque publications, Noticias de Gipuzkoa, still emphasizes that the transfer negotiations were complicated precisely because of the special military operation in Ukraine.
Unfortunately, there is no such desire to separate football from politics among fans. As soon as you open the comments on one of the news about Zakharyan on the Marca website, everything immediately falls into place.
- «Putin will transfer a player from his Dynamo so that Wagner will come here next month.
- Rusial Sociedad».
- «We don't want to give money to oligarchs or clubs from Russia.»
- «Aputinbai» — one of the commentators completely changed the name of the president of the Apperibai club.
- «Will San Sebastian pay for the transfer with money or weapons?»
- «The next weapon to go to Ukraine will be in the colors of Real Sociedad» .
And this is the most innocuous thing I've read, I would like to hope that common sense will still prevail, and Arsen Zakharyan will not have to face widespread persecution after moving to Spain. Zakharyan's defense, but their arguments most often boil down to the fact that the midfielder is not Russian, but Armenian, and that's the only reason why he doesn't deserve to be attacked.
Arsene may make his debut for Sociedad weekend.According to «SE», the parties have already agreed on the terms of a personal contract.The approximate amount of the transfer will be 12 million euros plus additional bonuses.