Giner bought everything: Vlašić stays at CSKA – Premier League news – Football

On June 19, CSKA Moscow announced on its official website the signing of a five-year contract with the young Croatian midfielder Nikola Vlašić, who had spent the last year Red and blue Ready t-shirt.

The amount of the deal has not been revealed, but a little earlier, it was announced that CSKA would pay £ 12 million to Everton for the 21-year-old Croatian national team player.

When CSKA rented Vlasic last summer, it seemed like an ingenious course of army management. Free Red and blue were able to compensate the care in Monaco of Alexander Golovin sold for 30 million euros.

The realities have exceeded all expectations. Vlašić immediately became the leader of the team Viktor Goncharenko, spent 32 games for the season and scored 8 goals in all tournaments, which allowed victory in the group stage of the Champions League against Real Madrid (1: 0).

With all the obvious advantages of such a statement from Nikola, the problem was his permanent signature or at least the extension of the lease. With his play, a young Croatian has attracted quite a serious interest in Europe.

Initially, "Everton" seemed to want to bring him back to the next season, but then decided to make money selling the midfielder. And at that moment, we have to believe in the possibility of its transition to CSKA on an ongoing basis. because of modest army of financial opportunities was difficult.

Missed Red and blue for the first time in six years in the Champions League, the following season only made the situation worse. Nevertheless, the negotiations were fruitful and the agreement was concluded.

"A very difficult transfer, considering that several European clubs have claimed Vlašić, including an Italian club. The competition was very serious, especially with the clubs participating in the Champions League. If we talk about the championship of Italy, it's a more interesting option for Europeans than the Russian Premier League. The more valuable this transfer is for us, the more reasons for optimism, "said Roman Babayev, Director General of CSKA. – Once again, it is nice to say that many footballers prefer to stay at CSKA even in a difficult situation. In this case, it is the fact that for the first time in seven years, we no longer have the Champions League. Nevertheless, Nicola expressed the wish to stay, even though he had different options to pursue his career in Europe. "

Indeed, the decisive moment was the will of the player himself to continue his performances in the Moscow team. Vlasic was very fond of CSKA and decided not to seek good among the good ones by accepting a long five-year contract.

"It's happened. We are very happy that everything has finally arrived. Nikola wanted to continue playing CSKA. He is happy I hope he has chosen the best way for himself, "said footballer's father, Yoshko Vlasic, at the Championship.

Commented on the conclusion of the agreement, of course, the player himself, who commented on the protocol Press service the club.

"I am happy and proud to have signed a contract with a big club. It was my only desire. I hope we will succeed together together. CSKA will always be the first! See you soon! "- said Nicola.

The next point in CSKA's work program during the off season is obviously the extension of the deal with Alan Dzagoev, who missed most of last season. because of injury.

"The negotiations at the final stage. I think you can wait for the extension. It is clear that if there is no signature, it is premature to talk about it, but we believe in Alan, we think it can bring a lot more benefits to the club, finally recover and overcome this black line . The club is ready to meet and wait. I hope that we will finally reach an agreement during this week, "said Babayev.

Recall that, according to the results of the season, the army team ranked fourth in Premier League, do not hit the Champions League. But after circling Moscow's Spartak on the last lap, Red and blue immediately went to the main round of the Europa League, while Red and white must now play in qualifying.

Alexander Sedov