Wanted by Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, at least at the press level, Andrei Rațiu (26 years old), the right of the right defender in the Romanian national, will continue at Rayo Vallencano at least until the summer.
Andrei Rațiu, lured with a lot of money in Russia
The transfer period ended yesterday in Spain, as well as in Italy, and Andrei Rațiu, to whom Rayo set a reilier clause of 25 million euros, remains, for now.
“Truth” has information that the Russian team Zenit St. Petersburg, a band prepared by Mircea Lucescu in the 2016-2017 season, in the past on Rațiu on the list of possible purchases, proposed by a well-known impresario.
The Russians had a clear budget. The offer for the right defender meant a salary of $ 3 million per season and a 5 -year contract.
The transaction would have been intermediate by the business company that Hector Peris, Pedri’s and Ferran Torres, Barcelona’s stars work.
Russia clubs excluded from European Cups
The move was not materialized, after the Russians first started negotiations with a Portuguese of national. The Lusitan refused to go to Zenit, and eventually, disturbed by how the Europeans see them, the leaders of the club sponsored by the Gazprom giant decided not to probe the European market and reoriented to a Brazilian perspective.
European footballers refuse to go to Vladimir Putin’s country, the one who started the war in Ukraine 3 years ago. Russia has been excluded from international competitions, and the bands in this country have no “exit” in the European Cups. Thus, the visibility of the footballers decreases enormously.
After 18 stages in the Russian championship (the first league contains 16 teams), Zenit is on the 2nd place, with 39 points, on equal points with the leader Krasnodar.
In the past, Ianis Hagi also had an offer from Russia (where there is no limitation for the transfer period), but refused to raise it, as Gică Popescu revealed.
