Having won the sixth victory in the national championship, the leadership of “Zenith” has set a highly ambitious and elusive goal: by 2025, that is, for the centenary of the founding of the club, to win four titles and get a second so-called champion star. In 2000 years no team has been able to dominate in domestic football for a long time. But in the present circumstances the task of the “Zenith” does not look impossible, given his almost overwhelming financial superiority in the Russian Premier League (RPL) and that there are serious problems with the main competitors.The statement that “Zenit” is going to his century to get a second championship star, made not so long ago the General Director of club Alexander Medvedev. In other words, the St. Petersburg plan to 2025, in the next five seasons to win at least four titles and becoming a ten-time Champions of Russia, to catch up on this indicator “Spartak”. It would seem that Mr Medvedev has excited, gave vent to emotions after a convincing four rounds to finish victory in the national championship, after all, a time when domestic football was completely dominated by the same “Spartak” are long gone, and the level of competition has increased markedly. It is now Zenit have won two League trophies in a row, and over the past five years the gold medal also took Lokomotiv, Spartak and CSKA. However, a number of factors indicates that the St. Petersburg club is really able to realize your beautiful dream.Let’s start with the fact that “Zenit” has the necessary for the realization of this dream of financial superiority — apparently, its main sponsor Gazprom is ready to invest in it. Suffice it to say that even “the locomotive” with its powerful patron in the person of the Railways were far behind with approximately 9.25 bln RUB other opponents of “Zenit” financial possibilities of even more modest. The share of blue-white-blue had actually the fourth part of the total cost of the clubs of RPL in the amount of 60 billion rubles, and it is unlikely this gap will be reduced in the current difficult economic realities. Yes, according to Alexander Medvedev, now in “Zenith” we have to save money, but other teams are losing.Of course, with their resources and citizens of St. Petersburg can continue to dominate the League. Especially if you dispose of them sensibly, and with it “Zenith” is also okay. The club are doing a competent transfer policy, which is primarily responsible sport Director Javier Ribalta, formerly the chief scout in “Juventus” and “Manchester United”. For example, all purchases in the season-2019/20 can be called successful. Douglas Santos, Vyacheslav Karavaev, Alexey Sutormin clearly came to the court, and even pricey Malcolm began to justify VLosennye him €40 million To “Zenit” were informed and invited Yaroslav Rakitskiy, Wilmar Barrios and Serdar by Asanam. Alexander Medvedev has already announced that next season will purchase three to four players.However, despite the fact that at the moment, “Zenit” is well stocked in the short term, it may face certain difficulties. The team has several older players that need replacing, and that’s probably the only reason for concern. Yet the process of generational change or rejuvenation of the structure often associated with risks. In particular, St. Petersburg is now very old pair of Central defenders. Rakytskyy will soon turn 31, and Branislav Ivanovic — have 36. Another season, the Serb will probably play at the top level, and then it will be very hard to keep up with young. Formally, in the “Zenith” claim to this position is 24-year-old Emanuel of Mammana and 26-year-old Yordan Osorio, whose contract St. Petersburg decided to buy from Porto after a one-year lease. But both are rarely fielded, and Mammana due to a severe injury in three seasons has played in the championship of Russia in just 24 matches, so it is difficult to assess how useful they can be.In the clip there are young Azmoun and Sebastian Driussi, however, it cannot be excluded that the Iranian, which was already closely following solid European clubs, will leave Russian League and Argentinian yet somehow not drawn to the role of the shock forward. Besides, Petersburgers will the new limit on foreign players to reduce their foreign quota from ten to eight players, and Driussi may fall under the reduction. Nevertheless, in General, “Zenith” very fast on his feet. All the structures and services of the club operate smoothly. Staff shortage threatens him — if necessary St. Petersburg at any time ready to include a “press”. An important issue with the head coach has already been decided. Sergei Semak has shown that he can direct such a complex team, including to overcome her inevitable during a long season of game downs. Just renew the contract under the scheme “2+1”, that is on a fairly long term, although in the coaching thing is hard to predict anything even for the year ahead. But the force of the current “Zenith” even in relative weakness of its main competitors in the struggle for leadership in the Russian football, including the Moscow clubs and “Krasnodar”. Almost all of them are now in a precarious condition and experiencing different kinds of troubles.The railroad removed the most successful coach in the history of the club, Yury Syomin was appointed and instead of the mysterious Serbian specialist Marko Nikolic that provoked open protests from the fans. As a result, around the team the way��her fond memory of an unhealthy atmosphere. And all her fans plenty of claims to a management “the Locomotive”. In club the system of “Spartacus” turbulence is already permanent. In the end, to put out another crisis was called by the former General Director of “Ufa” Shamil Gazizov. On the periphery he worked efficiently and has earned many good ratings, but not the fact that he happens to prove himself in the capital and bring the long-awaited order in “Spartacus”. In addition, in the circumstances, it becomes unclear, and the fate of head coach red-white Domenico Tedesco — worked with new CEO?CSKA and “Krasnodar” difficulties that prevent them from equal butt with Zenit. The army, even going under the wing of the state Corporation VEB.Russia, it seems, soon will not be able to count on the generous funding. The owner of the Kuban club Sergey Galitsky is also impossible to be alone to compete with “Gazprom”. Its rate on its own staff, including a young homegrown coach Murad Musayev, yet it does not wholly return. Meanwhile, FC Krasnodar and CSKA need a break, and now there is a feeling that they’ve reached a ceiling in football development and treading water. Dynamo seems to have stabilized the financial situation and seen the potential for growth, but to the status of the leader of the RPL team to grow and grow. Even with very careful consideration not yet seen, who could undermine the position of “Zenith” and to move it from the pedestal.Alexander Ilyin
