I can't remember if there was a thread like this, but I think this might be a good idea for some international discussion.
Most people think that fewer and fewer Russian players leave the country because of the high wages paid by Gazprom, Lukoil and co.
BUT they are out there. Most of them play there for a long time and seem to have been forgotten. Let's start with two interesting players.
First of all Ivan Saenko: This former Voronezh player (23 years old) has scored 5 goals for Nürnberg this season. Let's see if he gets more call ups for the NT. Yesterday he scored.
Yevgeni Levchenko: A 29 year old midfielder who plays for Groningen in Holland. Has scored against Ajax today.
I'd like for CSKA to take a look at Saenko, I want us to sign some Russian talent. I'm praying that Kerzhakov does ok in Spain and gains some much needed experience which he can bring back to the NT.
We have some pretty good talent at the st riker position now, just not sure who to play or how many of them to play. Kerzha, Pavlyuchenko, Sytchev, Saenko.
still imo Saenko is last choise. He doesnt impress me ás much as the others. We should go for Pavlychenko and kerzha up front with Arshavin behind them.
Saenko's tally stands at 9 now. Of course one should mention Nürnberg plays with 3 strikers, with Schroth as a target man and Saenko and Vittek behind him. So Saenko might be the perfect choice if Russia tries a similar system.