Football : Russian Premier League transfers in 2008 season

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Rubin 15.3 : Rubin Kazan have signed Trabzonspor midfielder Gokdeniz Karadeniz for a fee of €8.7m. The 28-year-old playmaker has signed a three-year contract with an option for two further seasons.

Spartak M 13.3 : Spartak Moscow have strengthened their squad ahead of the new season by signing German central defender Malik Fathi. The 24-year-old arrives on a four-year deal from Bundesliga side Hertha Berlin. Fathi joins fellow Spartak newcomers Russian goalkeeper Soslan Dzhanaev and midfielder Igor Gorbatenko, Belarus defender Yegor Filipenko and Argentinian left winger Cristian Maidana, while Aleksandr Pavlenko and Oleg Dineev have both returned from loan spells.

Rubin 11.3 : Former Serbian international Savo Milosevic has signed a one-year contract with Rubin Kazan. The 34-year-old striker, who has played for Aston Villa, Real Zaragoza, Parma and Espanyol, has been without a club since leaving Spanish side Osasuna in June. A proposed move to Major League Soccer side Toronto fell through, and Milosevic, the most-capped Serbian player of all-time, has now joined the Russian side.

Amkar 1.3 : Russian international goalkeeper Vladimir Gabulov has left Kuban Krasnodar to join Amkar Perm. Amkar allowed goalkeeper Ivan Levenets to move to Lokomotiv Moskva earlier this month, while Gabulov was looking for a new team following Kuban's relegation from the Premier-Liga. Meanwhile, Amkar have decided to free midfielder Antonio Soldevilla from his contract as the 29-year-old defensive midfielder made only five league appearances in 2007.

Dynamo 26.2 : Dinamo Moscow have signed Russian international striker Aleksandr Kerzhakov from Sevilla on a three-year contract for a fee in the region of €7m. The the 25-year-old was looking for a move because Luis Fabiano, Frederic Kanoute and Arouna Kone seem to be coach Manolo Jimenez's favored attackers. Kerzhakov, who joined Sevilla in January 2007 from Zenit St. Petersburg for around €5m, scored 10 goals in 39 league games, but he was limited to six league starts this season.

Zenit 12.2 : Zenit St. Petersburg have signed central defender Tomas Hubocan as a replacement for his Slovakian international team-mate Martin Skrtel. Zenit have paid a reported €3.5m to Slovakian champions Zilina for Hubocan, who comes in a month after Skrtel's departure for Liverpool. Hubocan, 22, moves to the Russian title-holders on a three-year contract.

Amkar 9.2 : Amkar have signed Belarus U-21 captain Mikhail Afanasiev from MTZ-RIPO Minsk on a four-year contract. The 21-year-old midfielder scored five goals in 25 games in Belarus's top flight last term.

Spartak M 10.1 : Spartak Moscow midfielder Dmitri Torbinskiy has ended speculation about his future by joining city rivals Lokomotiv on a four-year free transfer deal. The 23-year-old has made 24 league appearances in the 2007 season, including 19 starts. Torbinskiy will be replaced at Spartak by Banfield's Cristian Maidana. The Argentinean Under-21 international has agreed a five-year contract.