Sport fans desire to see celebrities - Putin

President of Russia Vladimir Putin commented on the transfer campaign of FC Zenith St Petersburg.

“I myself get angry with companies sometimes. And this time as well I will scold on the company administration. I would like to draw attention on the fact that it is not the state, which purchases a player but the company. On the other hand, the sport fans also desire to see world celebrities and not those whose career is on decline but those who are at the pick of their career,” Putin said.

And here there are certain positives, referring to millions of people, fans of sport, rsport.ru quotes the President.

To note, the Zenith paid 100,000 million euro for transferring Axel Witsel from Benfica and Hulk from Porto.