Jhon Jhon

Central Midfielder - Zenit
6 Sep 2026
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Marked for Jhon Jhon

3 Edition

The Zenit Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market17 Aug 2026

Only the photograph left for Kirill Kosarev

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Kirill Kosarev will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Zenit the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Market17 Aug 2026

Zenit turn down Teplice for Vyacheslav Karavaev

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Ilya Gubarevich gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Ilya Gubarevich has just signed for Zenit, and for once the answer mattered.

Boardroom17 Aug 2026

Zenit to lose Kirill Kosarev for free

There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Kirill Kosarev has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Zenit

Luiz Henrique was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Felipe Augusto runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

The terraces17 Aug 2026

The crowd has taken to Jhon Jhon

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Match15 Aug 2026

Zenit see off Sochi

Three points for Zenit, 1‑0 the final word against Sochi in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Words at Zenit training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Andrey Mostovoy is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

In brief

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The Zenit Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad3 Aug 2026

A day Pedro will not forget

3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

Dmitry Barkov, 34, rolls back the years — 8.10

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.10 at 34, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Market3 Aug 2026

Douglas Santos wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Zenit hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Douglas Santos signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Douglas Santos commits to Zenit for another 2 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Zenit

Nino was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Jhon Jhon

Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match1 Aug 2026

Jhon Jhon’s goal not enough for Zenit

Jhon Jhon scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Lokomotiv Moscow, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Squad3 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Denis Adamov

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Denis Adamov, and the manager let it.

Market3 Aug 2026

Zenit may not be able to give Román Vega what he wants

It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Román Vega wants continental football; whether Zenit can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.

In brief