Friday, November 27, 2009

Goodbye Kocsis & Levenets

According to Russian source sovietsport.ru, Lokomotiv president Nikolai Naumov announced the departure of both Rezvan Kocsis and Ivan Levenets.

With regards to former, the president revealed that the player is already at home in Romania. The reason is that he is unavailable for the upcoming match due to the injury sustained in the last training session were he broke his hand. Naumov continued that despite the discontinued ties, the player will be cured at the expense of the club. Kocis, 26, joined Lokomotiv at the beginning of 2007 from Moldovan top club Sheriff Tiraspol. The fee involved was that of 2.6 mln euros. In his 3 year stay in Moscow, the Romanian international racked up 54 league appearances, scoring 4 goals in the process. This season, Kocsis played 15 times for Lokomotiv and scored one goal, coming against Rostov. Although Kocis is nothing extraordinary I believe that Lokomotiv could miss his versatility. Moreover I blame Rakhimov as I believe that he destroyed the player's confidence completly ... All the best for the future Rezvan and Get Well Soon!! Thanks for your service!!

On the other hand, Levenets is expected to leave in a friendly agreement on Monday. Actually Lokomotiv will also help the keeper to find a new club. Levenets joined Lokomotiv in 2008 and to date he made 12 appearances, all coming during last season. His previous clubs include Amkar, Spartak Anapa and Chernomorets. Personally it's about time that Levenets leave the club. Despite I am sympatethic towards him, I never rated him as a keeper. He is an average keeper who could do well for a low-middle-table club or a relegation battler, but by no means he was ever up to the level of Lokomotiv!! I was literally mystified how could Rakhimov prefer Ivan ahead of Pelizzoli!! Anyways, finally his time at Lokomotiv is up and all I can do is to truly wish him the best for the future! Thanks for your service anyways!

Sennikov extends contract ...

Soviet Sport also reported that 33 year old Dmitry Sennikov will be celebrating the his tenth year stay at Lokomotiv by extending his contract with Lokomotiv for another year. The former 26 time capped Russian international joined Lokomotiv from fresh League Champions Rubin Kazan back in 2000. To date he racked up 188 apperances for Lokomotiv. Recall that Sennikov is the only player remaining from Loko's first ever league squad.

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