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Javier Ribalta was confirmed sports director of Zenit St. Petersburg after a year as chief recruiter of Manchester United.
The 37-year-old athlete moved to Old Trafford last summer after impressing with his job for five years. Juventus
Ribalta worked alongside Scouts Jim Lawlor and Marcel Bout at United, but he has now joined Russia to join giant Zenit.
"I have been working in football for many years and have spent a lot of time in Juventus and have worked with other Italian clubs, Novara and Torino," Ribalta said.
"I also spent last year at Manchester United, after several years at Juventus, I decided to go out there for a challenge. I have no doubt about the Zenit proposal, because Zenit is really a very big name and a very big club. "
Zenit President Sergey Fursenko added:" There has never been expert at Zenit and we are happy that Javier Ribalta joined our club. [19659002] "We are always setting ourselves the highest goals and to implement them, we needed such an expert. "
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