Vladimir Ponomaryov, a former player of the Moscow CSKA team, expressed his desire to see Russian clubs play without legionnaires. This was reported by Euro-football.ru.
In his opinion, if the championship were held only with Russian players, the competition would be fairer and more equal. In this case, the "Zenit" team would not dominate the championship.
Last season, the Russian champion was the "Krasnodar" team. They stopped the consecutive six championship series of St. Petersburg's "Zenit".
"Zenit" had won the championship for six seasons. The new season of the Russian Premier League will start on July 18, Friday.
This competition will feature the strongest teams in Russia and provide interesting games for fans. A championship without legionnaires will allow us to see how it changes the quality and level of competition in football.
