under Antonio Conte this term and has now called
time on his Stamford Bridge stint with a pergrinate to
Russia.
Branislav Ivanovic ended his nine-year stay at
Chelsea on Wednesday by concurring a pergrinate to
Russian giants Zenit St Petersburg.
Ivanovic's contract at Stamford Bridge was set to
expire at the terminus of the season, and he has opted
for an incipient challenge at Zenit, signing a two-and-a-
half-year deal.
He made proximately 400 appearances at Stamford
Bridge and won two Premier League denominations as well
as the Champions League, and additionally scored a
stoppage-time triumpher as Chelsea beat Benfica 2-1
in the 2012-13 Europa League final.
However, he fell out of favour with Blues boss
Antonio Conte following the latter's switch to a
three-man backline last September and had been
heavily linked with a winter exit.
That arrived after he landed in Saint Petersburg on
Tuesday to join Zenit, with Mircea Lucescu's men
currently five points behind bellwethers Spartak
Moscow in second in the Russia Premier League.
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