Dmitry Alenichev goes to Spartak

The leaders of the Moscow Spartak and Portuguese Porto agreed on the transition of the midfielder Dmitry Alenichev to the Russian club. This was announced in an interview with the newspaper Sovetsky Sports by the managing director of the Red-White Yuri Pervak.

“We regulated all the questions with the Portuguese team,” he said, “exchanged faxes: we confirmed the readiness to pay for the midfielder’s transfer. Now we make visas to the leaders of the Portuguese club, who will come to Russia to sign documents. Yesterday I talked with Dmitry himself - until the signing of documents, he cannot conclude an agreement with us. But by agreement with him, as soon as clubs They will settle the question, we will immediately sign the contract. "

Recall that the Moscow Spartak showed interest in Alenichev at the beginning of last season and supported this interest, until he achieved the consent of the player, which was received during the preparation of the Russian team for Euro 2004. The midfielder’s contract with the winners of the Champions League expires at the end of the next season.

Dmitry has played in Porto since the summer of 2001. During this time, in the Portuguese team, he won the Portuguese champion title twice, twice became the owner of the Cup of the country, won the Portuguese Super Bowl, UEFA Cup and the Champions League. Moreover, in the final of the UEFA Cup last year, and in the final of the Champions League in this, Dmitry Alenichev scored decisive balls.

This season, he spent 17 matches in the Portuguese championship, in which he scored 2 goals, and nine matches in the Champions League, in which the opponent’s gates hit three times. Alenichev also played three matches in the national team at the European Championship in Portugal.

Dmitry planned to return to Russia last year, but after the victory of Porto in the UEFA Cup, in 2003, he decided to extend the contract with the Dragons for a year.