“Krasnodar is determined to close the deal.” Spartak opted for a mega transfer from Cordoba!
September 5, 2024, 00:40 Moscow time
The Moscow club is paying a lot of money. But there is a problem in the negotiations.
Before the summer window closes in the RPL, a transfer bomb comparable in strength to the one that happened with the transfer of Alexander Sobolev to Zenit may explode. “Spartak” went after John Cordoba! The red-and-whites are trying to replace the deceased Russian centre-forward with a Colombian striker, whom Zenit itself unsuccessfully pursued.
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Colombian journalist Pipe Sierra was the first to write about the negotiations. As the championship learned, Spartak offered Krasnodar 16 million euros for the 31-year-old player and Sergei Galitsky is satisfied with this amount. The Krasnodar club is ready to let Cordoba go, but the Muscovites have not yet been able to come to an agreement with the Colombian himself on the terms of the contract. The transfer is complicated by the fact that Spartak has little time left – the summer window in the RPL closes on September 12. “Krasnodar is determined to close the deal in the near future in order to have time to buy a replacement,” our source said.
According to Legalbet, if Cordoba is sold to Spartak, the Krasnodar club could buy Mirlind Daka from Rubin. The transfer fee for the Albanian striker is around 10 million euros, according to sources in the league.
John Cordoba
Photo: Dmitry Golubovich, “Championship”
Córdoba’s contract with Krasnodar expires at the end of this season. The Colombian wants to get the best possible offer, based on the fact that he can become a free agent in the summer of 2025. Previously, information appeared that at the Krasnodar club his salary was more than 3 million euros per year after taxes.
Recall that in the summer window Cordoba tried to sign Zenit, but for less money – about 10 million euros. However, in July it became known that Galitsky refused to negotiate the transfer of the Colombian because St. Petersburg. The club agreed with the forward’s agent, without receiving permission from Krasnodar. For this reason, the transfer of defender Sergei Volkov to Zenit was on the verge of failure. In addition, the owner of the “Toros” planned to appeal to the RFU for the “unethical behavior” of the representatives of the Russian champion in the confrontation with Cordoba.
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RFU general director Maxim Mitrofanov commented on the news: “Sergei Nikolaevich Galitsky told me this. Apart from that, I heard nothing else. What exactly did you discuss with Galitsky? He said that Zenit was taking some steps and that’s all. I don’t know if they were converted. We have a corresponding commission for working with intermediaries. If Krasnodar requests it, it will be able to conduct an investigation and assess the situation.”
Cordoba is the second top scorer in the Russian Championship last season, along with Konstantin Tyukavin from Dynamo. Both forwards scored 15 goals. In the summer, the Colombian played very well at the Copa America, which is why he missed the start of the current RPL season. It was reported that upon returning from the tournament, Cordoba asked to be transferred to Krasnodar. In four matches of the new championship, John scored one goal and gave two assists.
For Spartak, Cordoba is not only a replacement for Sobolev, sold to Zenit, but also a proven alternative in the RPL to Willian Jose, who has not yet lived up to expectations. The issue of the Colombian’s transfer to the Moscow club must be resolved somehow in a couple of days – this is exactly the deadline set by Krasnodar. Under the current circumstances, there is a high probability that the deal will fail. However, in transfer stories everything can change dramatically at the last moment.
