Cameroonian Samuel Eto’o, Brazilians: Roberto Carlos, Willian, French Lassana Diarra or the Russian national team: Denisov, Kokorin and Yuri Zhirkov – these are the most famous players who played for Anzhi in 2010-2014. The team was led by a famous trainer Guus Hiddink.
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Samuel Eto’o received 20 million euros a year
Suleiman Kerimov, the owner of Anzha, dreamed of great successes in the Champions League, which is why he spent millions of euros on new players. He could afford it, because his fortune was estimated at 6 billion euros. Samuel Eto’o was tempted by enormous earnings. The great Cameroon striker received 20 million euros a year, which was the highest salary in the world at the time, and he left the Inter Milan. In 2011, the club played in the top division in Russia for the first time. He played his matches on a new one the stadiumwhich was built on the shores of the Caspian Sea.
The idyll lasted until the beginning of the 2013/2014 season. Then serious problems started. After two rounds, the team only had a point and coach Hiddink lost his job. He was replaced by Rene Meulensteen, one of the assistants Sir Alex Ferguson in Manchester United.
After the fourth round and another defeat, Kerimov fainted during the match and became very upset. He cut the club’s budget and decided to sell off the stars. Not only because the band was failing. It was said that Kerimov’s decision was also influenced by: financial fair play, his health and business problems. The owner of Anza began selling stars at promotional prices to get back some of the investments made, and the club was to bet on the charges. In 2016, Kerimov got rid of the club completely.
“Going downhill”
Now Anzhi Makhachkala will not get a license to play in the third division and the club will most likely collapse. – Anzhi Makhachkala, once considered a nouveau riche Russian football due to the investment of billionaire Suleiman Kerimov, has failed to meet the requirements for obtaining a license to continue competing in the third league and is heading towards fall – we read in the Portuguese sports newspaper “MaisFutebol”.
– Anzhi Makhachkala, at one point the richest club in the world that he had Robert Carlos and Samuel Eto’o, will cease to exist this summer after he has not received a license to play in the third Russian league – adds the portal Russian Football News on his Twitter profile.
Anzhi Makhachkala has been playing in the third league for three years. On the queue before the end of the season, he is eighth in the table. He scored 45 points, 32 less than the FC Legion Dynamo Makhachkala team.
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