Football Season Guide

Rubin Kazan

In


Mikhail Merkulov (def) Ural; Oleg Shatov (mid) Zenit; Djordje Despotovic (att) Orenburg; Kirill Kosarev (att) Murom; Oliver Abildgaard (mid) Aalborg – loan made permanent; Kamil Zakirov (mid) Volgar – end of loan; Artur Sagitov (att) Nizhny Novgorod – end of loan;

Out


Vladimir Granat (r) (def) released; Pablo Santos (r) (def) Braga – end of loan; Konstantin Pliev (r) (def) Rostov – end of loan; Nikolay Poyarkov (sp) (def) Rostov – end of loan; Aleksandr Zuev (sp) (mid) Rostov – end of loan; Danil Stepanov (sp) (def) Rotor – on loan; Aleksandr Tashaev (sp) (mid) Spartak Moscow – end of loan; Evgeni Markov (sp) (att) Dinamo Moscow – end of loan; Nikolay Kipiani (sp) (att) Rotor; Beka Mikeltadze (att) Rotor;

Target


Aiming much higher this season, with top 6 finish and place in Europe the target. Can achieve it only if forward actions improve.