According to reports in the press, Zenit St.Petersburg have made Russian midfielder Igor Semshov their first 2009 signing, acquiring him from Dinamo Moscow for a reported €8 million euro fee. Semshov will sign for St.Pete when he returns from holiday, and joins former Dinamo teammate Danny Alves at the Petrovsky Stadium. Zenit had signed Alves for a Russian record fee of €30m from Dinamo in August 2008.
Semshov, considered as one of the best players in the Russian Premier League, played for CSKA Moscow and Torpedo Moscow before moving to Dinamo.