7 Standout Players In The Russian Top Tier Who Should Be Targeted By Premier League Clubs

Next in the series of who's on offer is the Premier Liga which, for those of you that don't know, is the Russian Premier League. The Russian are known for having billionaires that buy a lot of big players, but they usually move on in time due to the fact that another club is offering more. Or in the case of Anzhi Makhachkala, your owner losing large stacks of money meaning you have to sell top players to balance the books. Samuel Eto'o, for example, was sold because he was on astronomical wages. Anyway, that's the political side of football talking, not what I want to focus on today because this article is all about the players. The Russian league is rich with talent, foreign and domestic. You only have to scratch below the surface a little bit to uncover a vast pool of talent. Here are seven I've picked out.

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Jackson Martinez - The Beast From Colombia

The final player from my article from Thursday which some of you may well be thinking 'who?' is Jackson Martinez of Porto. A South American striker that plays for Porto, Martinezis a tricky little player. 

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Tottenham ready to raid Porto

For Porto it might just be time to start battening down the hatches and going into hibernation, given that they have already lost two of their key players and the transfer window has only just creaked open.

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Where are they now? Kerlon looking to follow Hulk's footsteps (Video)

Chances are the name of Kerlon will be lost on you, but a few years ago he was one of the brightest prodigies in football.

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Zenit St Petersburg and the problem of racism

Back in December Zenit St Petersburg's largest fans' group sent an open letter to the club demanding that the team be exclusively white and excluded black and gay players.

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Aílton José Almeida: Record breaker and skill master

When Aílton José Almeida secured a September switch to Russian Premier League side Terek Grozny not many people on this side of the world would have taken note. However, as the fantastic video below demonstrates, fans of Russian football were purring at the thought of the highly talented Brazilian turning out each week in Grozny's colours.

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Can Porto's current manager follow the footsteps of giants?

Vitor Pereira has been manager of FC Porto since 2011 after initially becoming Andre Villas-Boas' assistant in the 2010-2011 season. After the record breaking successes of the special one and AVB can Pereira replicate such a high level of management?

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Hulk embarks on a Russian adventure

Zenit St Petersburg is the latest club to catch the headlines with a big money swoop to help boost their club. The current Russian champions have joined the exclusive group along with the likes of PSG, Chelsea, Man City and Real Madrid who have splashed out big on players to improve their squad.

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What does Zenit’s double swoop mean for football?

With the transfer window slamming shut on Friday in England, many a football had expected the last of the big summer moves to have been completed, blissfully unaware of the current goings on in Russia.

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City line up the green machine

I know Manchester City are rich, but fictional characters, really?

I mean, come on, the Hulk?

Well not quite the comic book hero, but the Porto striker instead.

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