André Villas-Boas’ version of events appears not to tally with Levy & Co.’s.
Zenit are a very ambitious side. Their executives have set me an objective of winning this year’s title.
And that was the key factor for me to accept Zenit’s proposal to take over the club as initially I had been set to have a break after my resignation from Tottenham.”
This will of course bore senseless those never wishing to hear the Portuguese’s name mentioned again on a Spurs blog. But it gets worse.
AVB haters will be further distressed to hear that whilst Zenit may have finished second in the Russian League, this was due to enforced sanctions.
Zenit St. Petersburg have been penalised with a 3-0 technical defeat and fined one million Roubles ($28,500) after one of their fans punched Dynamo Moscow captain Vladimir Granat during their Russian Premier League encounter at the Petrovsky Stadium, during a pitch invasion.
The Russian Football Union also ordered Zenit, who were leading the league standings going into Sunday, to play two home games behind closed doors and another three with a section of the stadium closed where the team’s ultras sit.
The game that was abandoned was actually stopped as Zenit were losing 4-2. But the hooliganism was rewarded with a technically adjusted score of a 3-0 loss.
