Ajax is charmed by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, so assures us Sport-Express Wednesday afternoon. According to the sports newspaper, an appointment has even been made between football affairs director Marc Overmars and agent Mamuka Jugeli to meet together soon. Kvaratskhelia currently plays for Rubin Kazan and is already considered one of the best players in the league in Russia at the age of twenty. He has already played eight caps for Georgia and scored the opening goal against Spain on March 28 (1-2 defeat).
Khvicha, often referred to only by his first name in Russian media, is a key player in Rubin Kazan’s Leonid Slutsky-led team. The ex-coach of Vitesse has managed to forge a close unity and trusts blindly in Khvicha’s sprints. The left winger, who feels at home in all positions at the forefront, successfully dribbles past his direct opponent almost five times per match, mainly due to his two-leggedness. Juventus, AC Milan, Internazionale, Atalanta and Borussia Dortmund also follow the youngster closely.
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Khvicha scored last month in the World Cup qualifier against Spain (from minute 3:53).
Interested clubs will have to dig deep into their pockets, because Rubin already turned down an offer of 15 million euros last summer. That came from Khvicha’s old club Lokomotiv Moscow, while FK Krasnodar was also reportedly in the market with a bid of 10 million euros. With a contract until mid-2024, his employer is in no hurry to sell him, although it will be difficult to keep the Georgian out of the hands of the European elite after this season. Khvicha was good for 4 goals and 8 assists in 21 matches this season.
The technician grew up at Dinamo Tbilisi and made his debut in the main force there at the age of sixteen. After his debut season, however, he decided to take a step back for a better chance of playing time and ended up with competitor FC Rustavi, where he only participated in six matches. Despite this, he got through in 2018 The Guardian listed among the 60 most promising talents in the world, commenting that Georgia has not seen as great a talent as he has in a long time. “He is technically gifted, strong, fast, two-legged and completely unpredictable in his actions. If we have to compare him to someone, the names Julian Draxler and Leroy Sané immediately come up. ”
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Lokomotiv Moscow was eager to take over Khvicha on a rental basis and thought that after a promising debut season in the Russian Premjer-Liga, he could definitely take him in, but to the sadness of trainer Yuri Semin was trumped by Rubin Kazan, who knew about him transfer-free. to take from Rustavi. The pain got worse when Khvicha immediately scored against his old club in his debut match. As a substitute, he robbed Lokomotiv of the victory and that turned out to be the perfect prelude to his stay with Rubin, where he quickly won the competition with compatriot Zuriko Daitashvili. The quick left winger impresses with his many dribbles and is therefore sometimes affectionately referred to as ‘the Georgian Messi’.