Nepomniachtchi believes that Dziuba and Smolnikov at Lokomotiv can lead the youth
MOSCOW, February 7 – RIA Novosti, Pavel Levkovich. Coach Valery Nepomnyashchiy told RIA Novosti that Lokomotiv needs striker Artem Dziuba and defender Igor Smolnikov, they can lead young players.
On Tuesday, Lokomotiv’s sports director Dmitry Ulyanov confirmed in an interview with Sport-Express that the club is interested in Dziuba and Smolnikov, but the final decision on signing a contract with them will be made after a full medical examination.
In November 2022, Dzyuba terminated his contract with Turkish club Adana Demirspor by mutual agreement of the parties. Smolnikov’s last club was Torpedo Moscow, at the end of December the head coach of the Black and Whites Andrei Talalaev announced that he had terminated the defender’s contract.
Lokomotiv is in the 14th place in the Russian Premier League with 13 points at the end of 17 weeks.
Source: Ria
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