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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