Branislav Ivanovic, welcome to St. Petersburg and welcome to Zenit! Tell us about your first impressions of being here.
Thank you, I can say I’m very happy to come here, and to be at a big club like Zenit, I hope together we’ll have success.
When did you learn about the interest in you from St. Petersburg?
At first I can honestly say I didn’t think about it too much, I had a very big hope to come back to Russia and to play here. I am motivated and I think that I can play for many more seasons at the top level. I can say that I am excited to be here and everything went smoothly!
You have huge experience playing at right back and in central defence. Which of these positions do you prefer? Where would you like to play?
I am happy just to play. I am happy in centre or on the right. That’s probably a question for the manager but I am happy to play in any position.
At Chelsea you wore number 2, but at Zenit its taken. What number do you want?
I have to get used to the team and get physically ready for the upcoming official and important matches. My squad number is not the most important thing.for me at the moment
Do you like basketball? Did you know that we have a Zenit basketball team where Serbian star Stefan Markovic plays?
Yes I know, I watch and love basketball, I know that Stefan plays in the team here and I hope he has lots of success, just like us.