Zaytsev is singing a different tune this time around and looks forward to playing with Cuban-turned-Italian Osmany Juantorena.
In an interview released by gazzetta.it, Zaytsev states that to have Juantorena on the team will make Italy “look” different.
“The people from Italian volleyball federation had a lot of talks with Osmany Juantorena.
His desire is to play for Italy and that’s great.
Moreover, he wants to play in the Olympic Games and it is good that we are going to have such a motivated player.
He is really amazing and Italy will look different with him.”
In the past, Zaytsev was hesitant to have a naturalized player like Os. On the other hand, the Cuban spiker declared that he’d never play on a different team.
Fast forward to today, they have both changed their minds.
We’re so excited to have Zaytsev and Juatorena on the same team hammering balls left and right.
Watch out world!
(images: FIVB)