Marchisio Chose Zenit

DBasia.news – Once rumored Claudio Marchisio will join one of MLS teams, Montreal Impact after his contract with Juventus FC ends. But in fact, the 32-year-old player accepted the offer from Russia League top team, Zenit St Petersburg.

Marchisio signed the two-year contract with Zenit. With the arrival of former Juventus FC player, he could perform in the Europa League this season, whereas Zenit involved in Group C with FC Kobenhavn, Bordeaux, and Slavia Prague.

The frequent champion of Russia League have a long history with the Italian players. Previously, Domenico Criscito supported them. Also, Zenit once coached by Italian coach, Luciano Spalletti, and Roberto Mancini.

For your information, Marchisio was born in Turin and spent most of his career to support Juventus. He is one of the players who stayed with I Bianconeri during the degradation to Serie B in 2006-2007.

Before joining Zenit, Marchisio was also rumored to come to Ligue 1 France following his colleague, Gianluigi Buffon to play in Paris Saint-Germain. Both PSG’s rivals, Monaco and Nice also monitored him. But certainly, Montreal Impact have the biggest chance. However, the player chose Zenit.