In the game, Andrey LUNIN. Photo: fcdynamo.kiev.ua

“SE” tells about the club, which may be the goalkeeper of the national team of Ukraine Andrey Leninym.

The beginning of the year is remembered not only for the transition to the “Deportivo” Maxim Koval, but bids for another Ukrainian goalkeeper – one of the youngest players in our Premier League. Andrei Lunin, protecting colors of “Dawn”, and previously played for “Dnepr”, was noticed by scouts of the club “real Sociedad”.

Enough authoritative sources report that the Spanish club will pay for Ukrainian three million euros – more than serious money for Luhansk.

It’s time to look at the potential buyer.

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Real Sociedad – a prominent Spanish club, the regulars of the Spanish examples. In the eighties he became the champion in the beginning of the century managed to take second place, but now his ambitions correspond to the struggle for the European Cup zone. However, in 2013, took fourth place in the championship, smashed Lyon in the Champions League qualification and played with Shakhtar in the group.

The Basques on a remarkable level of continuity and work with the Academy. In the Champions League based on the teams played with half a dozen players (in fact, the whole line of defense) since her second division in 2007-2010. These same people absolutely the case and on the game ahead of Valencia, Sevilla, and then Lyon on the way to the group of the most prestigious club competition! The recipe is simple, even banal – the development of the Academy, and perennial trust in young people – but not everyone can follow it.

Players in “Sociedade” traditionally little. Until 1989, the club like athletic Bilbao, fundamentally did not cooperate with the foreigners, but “broken” on the transfer of prominent British striker John Aldridge. Right now in the first team, four legionary: the goalkeeper Jeronimo Rulli, defender Kevin Rodriguez, winger Adnan Yanuzi and striker Willian Jose. Throughout example, only less Athletic, and not just Spanish students in the first team Sociedad for many years ranked in the European top.

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And against this rather paradoxical is the fact that the goalkeeping position in the “Sociedade” has firmly entrusted to the legionaries. Since 2006, when San Sebastian was approached by the famous Chilean goalkeeper Claudio Bravo, Spanish goalkeepers for the switch. In fact, the main goalkeepers this time it was two: Bravo played eight seasons, went to Barcelona, and in his place was purchased by the current Keeper.

Jeronimo Rulli – a very promising goalkeeper, one of the brightest representatives of the new Argentine generation. He is now 25, and five years ago he played in the Foundation is not weak club, winning the competition in the “Estudiantes”. Already in 2011 Rule received at home the prize at least all passing goalkeeper in 19 appearances for the Argentine Grand had scored only 11 missing! In Spain he also scored a lot of brilliant performances in the European competition, the team is now playing largely due to his efforts.

Rule Jumpy, reliable and spent quite a brilliant last season. Even in the current it causes to worry about themselves much less than players at other positions. In General, the “Sociedad” did not reinforce the position of goalkeeper, he plan to cooperate with Ruli many years. Just Argentine desire to grow richer and more ambitious clubs. The most substantial interest Napoli, whose goalkeeper Pepe Reina said the 35-year anniversary and whose contract expires in the summer.

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So, Rule will likely leave in the summer, and it is not very broad back from Sociedad a serious shortage of personnel. To start with, in the first team “La real” in principle, only two goalkeepers – a rarity in our times. Secondly, the spare is now someone Toño Rodriguez is a 31-year-old, almost all of whose career took place in the doubles and on the benches. In addition to playing for “real Sociedad B and Tenerife B” Rodriguez spent the season in the second and third divisions of Spanish, two years in the championship of Cyprus and returned to play in his native club.

The player with such a mediocre biography is unlikely to trust the first room after leaving Rule. About the youth of “La real” to judge at a distance, of course, difficult, but still try. The double “La real” is playing in the Spanish third division, this season its gate protects Andoni Zubiaurre. Eighteen matches of the current championship Zubiaurre conceded just 10 goals, amassed an impressive dry run of six matches…

And all anything, but the backup Sociedad for 21 years. Lunin by eighteen has got the experience of matches against Dynamo, Shakhtar, “Dawn”, “Athletics” – Andoni and still plays against the “Athletics B.”

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Real Sociedad are not exactly the kind of team that’s going to pay for a backup goalkeeper to three million euros. This club believes every penny an example of the same Rule it proves good: the goalkeeper, two and a half years, played in San Sebastian in the lease, before “La real” decided to buy out his contract for seven million. And then decided, with the clear intention to sell more expensive…

Lunin fits into the European tradition of trust a very young goalkeeper. Besides the fact that Rule started early, before my eyes the example of Gianluigi Donnarumma in 18 years played the one hundredth (!) the match for Milan. The Alban the Lyafon today marks 19, and he’s one of the best goalkeepers of the championship of France. Very early steel core and made his debut in UEFA club competition recognized stars David de GEA and Thibaut Courtois.

Sociedad likes to trust the youth. Defender Pedro Irastorza made his debut for the team at 15 years and 9 months, which is only slightly below the record level of all examples, the current leader Atletico Antoine Griezmann made his debut for Sociedad at the age of 18 years and 5 months.

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What are the pitfalls of this cooperation? First, the precarious position of the current coach Sociedad. Eusebio, the great Sacristan coached the team a year and a half, but in the current season of “La real” plays poorly and goes to 15th place. If the trainer now or even in the summer will change, much will depend on the changer: a new coach may not want to cooperate with the Keeper Junior. And Sacristan just big on young men for four years he worked with the “Barcelona B”.

Now Andrew comes a very important period of his career. If he does remain in the “Dawn” before the summer, it will be critical fun to spend the second half of the season. It will monitor and if Lunin to justify the trust, the club really can start next season in the disposition “Lunin main, Toño spare”.

If he will make a mistake, even a signed contract won’t prevent the management to hire some experienced Spanish goalkeeper or making other unpleasant for the Ukrainian moves.

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But in General – such an interest in 18-year-old well demonstrates a new order in which, apparently, long will be our football. The low budgets of our clubs enable even the average top clubs subject to be interested in our players. The sale of players in the top League live, Belgian, Portuguese, Dutch Championships – and well, it should be noted, feel.

At least until the dissolution of their representatives do not reach, the state has to ask for money too is not necessary – what we and our teams sincerely wish…

Vitaly PASICHNY, Sport-Express in Ukraine