rickastley94 Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 I was watching the super cup the other week Zenit and Manure,when the commentator was going through Zenits new signings. I think they bought a striker for 25mil a defender for bout 15mil etc etc.Seems that Russia is the country to play in at pres if you want mega wages! So basically my question is will the seemingly massive finances and wages being paid by the top russian teams at the moment be replicated in FM09. could someone at SI clarify this please. Thanks in advance!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomis07 Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 More than likely, but I don't think it's throughout Russia, just a handfull of clubs tbh. It was pretty well replicated for the Ukranian leagues last season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 FM always trys to replicate as accurately as possible what is going on irl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rb Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Expect FM09 to be as realistic as they can possibly make it. (As per usual) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Themistofelis Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Unless the "developing" tag is not removed Russian clubs will be stripped of their best players in less than 2 (game) years Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeY2J Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 I think most of this lies with Zenit. One must remember they won the UEFA Cup last year, so they naturally will have an inflated budget. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glamdring Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 CSKA Moscow won it a few years back too and there are a plethora of Brazilians playing at the big Moscow clubs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayahr Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Unless the "developing" tag is not removed What is that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeY2J Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 %% If i recall correctly it weakens the league "strength" and such, and the best players head overseas. Much like MLS. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
profii Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 I think most of this lies with Zenit. One must remember they won the UEFA Cup last year, so they naturally will have an inflated budget. To top that up I believe Zenit St Petersburg are owned (and less importantly sponsored) by Gazprom so that is no doubt a lovely source of income Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
O\'Hara_fan Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 To top that up I believe Zenit St Petersburg are owned (and less importantly sponsored) by Gazprom so that is no doubt a lovely source of income Most of the Russian clubs are owned by oligarchs, basically billionaire oil owners, about 12 of the 16 in the league are owned by these oligarchs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomtuck01 Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 To top that up I believe Zenit St Petersburg are owned (and less importantly sponsored) by Gazprom so that is no doubt a lovely source of income Indeed you are right. But back to what someone said earlier in the thread, winning the UEFA Cup wouldn't give them an inflated budget. And to the Opening Poster, I'll be pedantic and tell you that they bought Danny, (a Portuguese midfielder), from Dynamo Moscow for a Russian league record of £24.2million, and Anatoliy Tymoschuk, a Ukrainian holding midfielder, for £10million from Shakhtar Donetsk. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7077 Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 It's only the major Moscow clubs plus Zenit St. Petersburg that are especially wealthy in Russia. And I'm sure it will be replicated in FM09. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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