Akinfeev reps meet with Man Utd officials after 5-star performance
Manchester United have opened talks with CSKA Moscow goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev, it has been revealed.
The Daily Mail says Akinfeev is understood to have opened talks over a move to Manchester United after impressing for CSKA Moscow against the Barclays Premier League champions.
The Russia goalkeeper's representatives met officials from the Old Trafford club this week with a January move on the agenda.
United have scouted a number of keepers amid concerns that Ben Foster and Tomasz Kuszczak are not ready to step into Edwin van der Sar's shoes.
The Dutch veteran is expected to announce soon that this season will be his last.
New CSKA boss Leonid Slutskiy praised Akinfeev's performance at Old Trafford this week: "This is a rare case when a goalkeeper concedes three goals, but, for me, is the man of the match."
Akinfeev has 37 caps and a Euro 2008 semi-final outing with Russia, as well as three League titles, four Russian Cups and the 2005 UEFA Cup with CSKA.
He is constantly compared to the great Lev Yashin and has won the goalkeeper of the year award named after the Soviet legend four times.
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| Home | Away | Score | Time |
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| Fri Nov 25th | |||
| Anzhi Makhachkala | CSKA Moskva | - | 00:00 |
| Tom' Tomsk | Krasnodar | - | 00:00 |
| Zenit | Lokomotiv Moskva | - | 00:00 |
| Rostov | Amkar Perm' | - | 00:00 |
| Kuban' Krasnodar | Spartak Moskva | - | 00:00 |
| Krylya Sovetov | Volga | - | 00:00 |
| Rubin Kazan' | Dinamo Moskva | - | 00:00 |
| Spartak Nal'chik | Terek Grozny | - | 00:00 |
| Sat Nov 26th | |||
| Spartak Nal'chik | Terek Grozny | 3 - 0 | 10:00 |
| Krylya Sovetov | Volga | 1 - 0 | 12:15 |
| Kuban' Krasnodar | Spartak Moskva | 1 - 1 | 13:00 |
| Rubin Kazan' | Dinamo Moskva | 2 - 0 | 14:30 |
| Sun Nov 27th | |||
| Tom' Tomsk | Krasnodar | 0 - 0 | 08:00 |
| Rostov | Amkar Perm' | 1 - 1 | 10:15 |
| Zenit | Lokomotiv Moskva | 2 - 1 | 12:30 |
| Anzhi Makhachkala | CSKA Moskva | 2 - 1 | 15:30 |
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| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zenit | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 34 | 61 |
| CSKA Moskva | 30 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 29 | 59 |
| Dinamo Moskva | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 55 |
| Spartak Moskva | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 53 |
| Lokomotiv Moskva | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 53 |
| Kuban' Krasnodar | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 49 |
| Rubin Kazan' | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 49 |
| Anzhi Makhachkala | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 48 |
| Krasnodar | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 38 |
| Rostov | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | -14 | 32 |
| Terek Grozny | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -16 | 31 |
| Volga | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | -16 | 28 |
| Amkar Perm' | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -19 | 27 |
| Krylya Sovetov | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -22 | 27 |
| Spartak Nal'chik | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -17 | 24 |
| Tom' Tomsk | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | -39 | 20 |
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Comments (12)
Idiotic comment from a person with no knowledge of football.
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Hugo Lloris of lyon is by far a better goalie than most of the so-called big boys. He's tall, agile, proactive, has good reaction and vision, good on one-on-ones, and most importantly cannot be beaten by Torres.
Good God, Sir Alex go get the lad & let's dominate EURO for 10 yrs... ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha hahahaha
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