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Revealed: Surprising reason why Spartak Moscow turned down Juventus legend

Revealed: Surprising reason why Spartak Moscow turned down Juventus legend

  • Kaustubh Pandey (@Kaus_Pandey17)
Spartak Moscow President Leonid Fedun has revealed a surprising reason for why the club turned down the opportunity to sign Juventus veteran and legend Claudio Marchisio.

Marchisio had terminated his Juventus contract last month after a mutual agreement for the same was reached with the club. Some days ago, Marchisio was announced as a Zenit St.Petersburg player as he has now joined the Russian club on a free transfer.

Zenit's Russian rivals Spartak Moscow were also offered the Italian, but the club's president has revealed a shocking reason why they rejected the chance to sign the Azzurri.

Leonid Fedun was recently talking to Sport-Express about Marchisio and he stated that Spartak rejected the chance to sign Marchisio because the club's current midfielders are better than him.

He said: "It was also offered to us. We thought about it but then we thought that he was not better than the midfielders we currently have in our side". 

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