{"id":461039,"date":"2011-07-14T15:41:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T15:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/14\/chelsea-winger-yuri-zhirkov-denies-dinamo-moscow-contact-but-says-he-would-consider-offer\/"},"modified":"2011-07-14T15:41:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T15:41:00","slug":"chelsea-winger-yuri-zhirkov-denies-dinamo-moscow-contact-but-says-he-would-consider-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/14\/chelsea-winger-yuri-zhirkov-denies-dinamo-moscow-contact-but-says-he-would-consider-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea winger Yuri Zhirkov denies Dinamo Moscow contact but says he would consider offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By George Ankers<\/h3>\n<h4>14 Jul 2011 16:41:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"70.7846598203\">\n<div readability=\"13.7900552486\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Yuri Zhirkov - Chelsea (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/92000\/92019_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Yuri Zhirkov &#8211; Chelsea (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"41.8956661316\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/russia\/4024\/yuri-zhirkov\">Yuri Zhirkov<\/a> says he has not had any discussions with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/russia\/192\/dinamo-moscow\">Dinamo Moscow<\/a> about a possible return to his native Russia from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/96\/chelsea\">Chelsea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The winger, who can also play at full-back, has struggled to nail down a first-team slot in his two years at Stamford Bridge but insists he wants to establish himself at the Premier League side if possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven&#8217;t talked to anyone from Dinamo,\u201d Zhirkov told <em>Sovetsky Sport<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>However, the left-sided player left the door open to considering a move back to his homeland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s hard to tell,\u201d he said of a return to Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the one hand, I am a player of Chelsea, a club with rich traditions, and I will make everything possible to establish myself there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the other hand, during my two years in London I could not boast regular performances and if there were good offers from Russia, why not consider them?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, it would be a difficult choice to make.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow there is nothing concrete and there&#8217;s, actually, nothing to talk about. My situation is not so severe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough, I wouldn&#8217;t lie, Chelsea is the primary option for me, while Russia is the secondary one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zhirkov has failed to dislodge either Ashley Cole or Florent Malouda from the first-team since making an \u00a318 million move two years ago.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/07\/14\/2574839\/chelsea-winger-yuri-zhirkov-denies-dinamo-moscow-contact-but\" title=\"Chelsea winger Yuri Zhirkov denies Dinamo Moscow contact but says he would consider offer\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chelsea winger Yuri Zhirkov denies Dinamo Moscow contact but says he would consider offer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By George Ankers 14 Jul 2011 16:41:00 Yuri Zhirkov &#8211; Chelsea (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Yuri Zhirkov says he has not had any discussions with Dinamo Moscow about a possible return to his native Russia from Chelsea . The winger, who can also play at full-back, has struggled to nail down a first-team slot in his two years at Stamford Bridge but insists he wants to establish himself at the Premier League side if possible<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-461039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chelsea winger Yuri Zhirkov denies Dinamo Moscow contact but says he would consider offer - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/14\/chelsea-winger-yuri-zhirkov-denies-dinamo-moscow-contact-but-says-he-would-consider-offer\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Chelsea winger Yuri Zhirkov denies Dinamo Moscow contact but says he would consider offer - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By George Ankers 14 Jul 2011 16:41:00 Yuri Zhirkov - Chelsea (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Yuri Zhirkov says he has not had any discussions with Dinamo Moscow about a possible return to his native Russia from Chelsea . 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