Former head coach of Shakhtar Mircea Lucescu has agreed with “Zenith”.
Agent Arkadiy zaporozhanu Lucescu confirmed the successful completion of negotiations with “Zenith” – the Romanian specialist will sign with the bronze medalist of the championship of Russia the contract for two years with the possibility of extending the cooperation for another season.
“We can say that an agreement in principle with Zenit reached after a meeting with Alexei Miller. This is great news, but to congratulate too early – he hasn’t signed. Mircea visited the newly built stadium, was on the basis of the club, called for “Peter”. Saint Petersburg is a very beautiful city.
When there is interest from Zenit? Maybe when Andre Villas-Boas said that it will not renew the contract with “Zenith” for personal, family reasons. The second turning point happened when Shakhtar did not renew the employment relationship with Mircea”, – said the representative of Lucescu.
According to unofficial information in Saint-Petersburg Lucescu will earn five million euros per year. It is expected that Zenit will be the last
club career 70-year-old coach.
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We will remind, the head coach Mircea Lucescu since 2004 was the head of “Shakhtar”. Under the leadership of Romanian coach “miners” eight time Champions of Ukraine, for the first time made it to the playoffs of the Champions League and took the Cup of UEFA.
