The Royal Society officially introduced Arsen Zakharyan: after several unsuccessful transfers, the midfielder still made it to Europe. The contract with the Spanish club has been signed until 2029, and now begins a new important stage in the career of one of the most talented youngsters in Russian football.
“I am very happy to be part of such a big club,” he told club media after signing. “I have always dreamed of playing for a great club in Spain. Hope all is well. I know that San Sebastián is one of the most beautiful cities in Spain and that they love football here. I have always followed Spanish football and I know that it is a great club with a lot of fans. I know a lot about this team because I followed it. When the offer from Sociedad came to me, I didn’t think much about it: I told everyone to do the best they could, because I always liked Spanish football, I followed it from Guardiola’s Barcelona.
Arsene was expected in Spain – a few weeks ago, when the first rumors about his possible departure to San Sebastián appeared, the Spanish media began to collect a dossier about him. Zakharyan was introduced as the “pearl of Russian football”, “extraordinary Russian talent” and “future star” who can strengthen the Society. Zakharyan flew to Spain, Zakharyan arrived, attended the match; In recent days, the media have closely followed all the movements of the newcomer to the Basque club.
Zakharyan’s long journey to Europe:
Finally! Zakharyan himself suffered the perfect signing after a year of torment
Mundo Deportivo, which opens in the province of Gipuzkoa (Basque Country), dedicated five covers to Zakharyan.
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“Imanol Alguacil has a new talent. His name is Arsen Zakharyan, he is one of the pearls of Russian football and promises to please the fans of Real Sociedad, the newspaper writes. – Real Madrid agreed with the player more than a week ago, and soon with the club, but at that time there were other clubs that were in contact with the player. In fact, according to MD, Zakharyan’s agents had better offers than those of Sociedad, but the player rejected them due to the conditions offered by the San Sebastian club. One of the reasons why Dinamo did not evaluate other offers is that Real Madrid, unlike some competitors, ends up paying 12 million euros right away.
Zakharyan is the only Russian in the Spanish league. There have been almost no agreements with this country since last year. He was born and raised in Russia, but he feels Armenian, like his parents, and he wanted to leave his country.
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📰 Noticias de Gipuzkoa is proud to announce that it was their journalist who first reported on August 9 that Real Sociedad was trying to sign Zakharyan. “It was a difficult transfer,” concludes the publication. – Although they quickly turned it around, because Euskadi’s interest in the Russian pearl appeared at the beginning of August. While Dinamo and other representatives of Zakharyan finalized their attempts to clarify the details, Lichka called the footballer to a training session – in San Sebastián this was taken as an alarm signal: was the operation in danger? It took another 24 hours (yes, the last one this time) for the smoke to clear early Thursday morning: the agents relented and an agreement was reached between all parties. Now Zakharyan is at Real Sociedad and this transfer will certainly go down in the club’s special history in the transfer market.”
Imanol Bailiff
coach of the royal society
“Zakharyan has many individual qualities, he has great physical strength, he adapts to many positions, he played at a high level, he has a great future… He is a great player who will bring us many benefits, but we must be patient. Will he make his debut against Las Palmas? If I see that he is in good shape during the week, of course I will use him. He is here to help us.”
📰 Brand: “Roman Abramovich’s dream of seeing Arsen Zakharyan in a Chelsea shirt… never came true. Seeing the Russian achieve success at Stamford Bridge was Abramovich’s obsession, and he tried to implement it – Alexei Smertin came to Chelsea.
But now the former Dinamo Moscow midfielder is a new Real Sociedad player until 2029. Lately he has been linked to other great teams in Europe: Real Madrid, Barcelona, RB Leipzig, Borussia Dortmund, Manchester City, Roma…
At 19 years old, he already has a lot of experience behind him: he played 89 games, scored 19 goals and gave 25 assists, all because at 17 years and 5 months he made his debut in Dinamo’s first team. . And now one more Russian can become the “king” of Anoeta, like Karpin”.
The philosophy of Real Sociedad is a very interesting club:
Zakharyan’s signing is special for Sociedad. There are only five foreign players in the club
📰 AS: “This is final. Arsen Zakharyan will play for Real Sociedad. There is no way back. No more. Although a few days ago it was taken for granted to sign a contract with a team from San Sebastián, and then the final steps became complicated to such an extent that almost everything went to hell. But in the end everything was resolved – Zakharyan was in the Society for six years. Zakharyan’s desire to leave his country was key as he had one more year left on his contract with Dynamo Moscow. The Russian arrived in Spain with the aim of taking another step in his sports career and competing at the highest European level”.
What awaits a Russian in Spain:
Understanding what awaits Zakharyan at Real Sociedad
