Stated it multiple times on here even prior to us signing him mate, he was never player of the year in Russia, he was never even a player of the season for his team, his form the year before he joined us was meh to say the least and he only played 13 games for them that season, the first half of the Russian season before he joined us in the winter break he had decent goals - but the player of the season stuff was outright lies by whoever reported it. we bought him on him scoring a whopping 8 goals the last season and scoring 12 in 28 games in a terrible league.
If ever a deal stunk of backhanders it was this one