«Chelsea” suggested “Zenith” for € 34 million Witzel
London “Chelsea” is willing to pay for the midfielder “Zenith” Axel Witzel € 34 million. It is reported by The Sun. Information was confirmed by the Belgian edition of the RTBF.
On the eve of the British media reported that the owner of “Chelsea” Roman Abramovich arrived in St. Petersburg to negotiate the purchase of the Belgian midfielder. “Chelsea” is looking for defensive midfielder, as John Obi Mikel is likely to leave the club this summer.
Earlier Witzel claimed “Milan”, but the Italians were not satisfied with the amount of the transfer requested by the “Zenith”. The head of “Milan” Adriano Galliani said his club is no longer interested in the Belgian and focus on other transfer transactions, including the purchase of a central defender.
Witzel joined the “Zenith” in the winter in 2012, together with the Brazilian striker Hulk. For each of the newcomers “Zenith” paid “Benfica” and “Port”, respectively, for € 40 million.
Both players were bought for a successful performance in the European Cup, but when Hulk and Witzel best result of “Zenith” in the UEFA Champions was the release of the 1/8 finals (2013/2014 season’s), as well in the Europa League – the quarterfinals (season 2014/2015). In the championship of Russia after the acquisition of the Brazilian and Belgian “Zenith” he has performed not too successfully, and won the championship only once – in 2015. In the same season Hulk 15 goals was the best scorer of the championship.
Just a “Zenith” Witzel had 134 matches in which scored 16 goals.
During his career, in addition to the title of champion of Russia midfielder won the championship ( twice), Cup and Super Cup Belgium ( twice), and won the Portuguese League Cup.
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