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Hulk - Zenit Saint Petersburg, striker; after making his jaw dropping £40 million pound move to Zenit big things were expected from the Brazilian superstar.
Hulk
Things didn’t get off to a good start, with the infamous Igor Denisov incident, but the Brazilian has managed to find his feet and assert himself as the most powerful player currently playing in Russia.
His ability to easily shrug off defenders and having one of the most powerful shots in the world has just by itself taken Zenit to second place, and the Saint Petersburg club will just have to hope that he doesn’t get tempted with a move away to England or Spain this summer.
Ahmed Musa - CSKA Moscow, striker; the Army men have a long and successful association with black and African players, and Musa is living up to the legacy that his predecessors left.
Ahmed Musa
His raw trickery and skill has been a key factor in CSKA’s title triumph, and with 11 goals he can certainly lay claim to that.
Living up to the high standards of fellow teammates Seydou Doumbia and Vagner Love was always going to be a hard thing to do, but Musa has pulled it off with relative ease.
Conclusion
These 11 players are but a few, that have been simply fantastic over the past 10 months. Dynamo’s Alexander Kokorin is turning into the next big Russian star, Yura Movsisyan has been outstanding for both Krasnodar and Spartak, and CSKA’s captain and goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev has been practically unbeatable at times.
Whatever way you look at it, this season has been exciting and enthralling to watch from beginning to end, and all that’s left to do is wait and see who’s going to be making all the headlines in next season, a season which commences in just a few weeks time. Time waits for no one.
Written by Shaun Nicolaides
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