Fedor Smolov was not Celta's first choice in Russia

Despite the expectation that the arrival of Fedor Smolov to VigoIt was an open secret that the Russian international was not at the beginning of the winter market among the priority objectives of the Celtic. The olivic leadership negotiated before with other strikers and on January 30, he made the transfer of the player of the Krasnodar. Among those tips that tried from To headquarters now it has been known that there was another battering ram of the Russian Premier League. The most curious of all is that it has been responsible for unveiling the agent of the '9' celestial.

German Tkachenko He said during a conference that “initially Celta approached us with the option to transfer Shomurodov, but immediately they were told that this was impossible. Then we proposed Smolov. “

The desired by Felipe Miñambres it was Eldor Shomurodov, an Uzbek 'tank' that plays in the Rostov and currently heads the gunners table in the Russian championship.

I erased. The Celtic technical secretary also maintained contacts with the River plate Argentine by the Colombian Rafael Santos Borré and from Holland They have confirmed another name in the last hours. Tim Gillissen, coach of the Heracles, has admitted that Celta wanted to take over the services of Belgian Cyriel Dessers.

The striker will release partner tomorrow against Getafe

Not having been the first, nor the second, nor the third dish of the olivic entity in the past market has not prevented Oscar Garcia has blindly bet on Smolov since joining. The Russian even debuted in Valencia without having trained with his new teammates. During the minutes he played in Mestalla and in the four subsequent titles he has always had at his side in the lead Iago Aspas. Since the moañés will not play this day by accumulation of cards, Smolov will release partner tomorrow in Getafe. Santi Mina It seems the best placed to cover the low of '10'. The Vigués attacker could be one of the novelties in the eleven next to Filip Bradaric and Joseph Aidoo. The entrance of the Ghanaian central would be explained to vary the scheme of the last two games. Oscar likes to use 5-3-2 in the most demanding home matches, an option that Sevilla used two weeks ago in the Alfonso Pérez Coliseum and it worked (0-3).