Long absence of Alexander Volkov caused some visible damage in Russian team. Zenit decided to solve that issue. American middle blocker David Lee joined Russian champions.

After the Olympics in London, Alexander Volkov had to take care about his health. He needed his knee to be fixed with surgery. Now he is missing a significant part of a new season with Zenit Kazan.

“We arranged a deal with David Lee. After all paper work is done, he will join our team” – said Oleg Bryzgalow, the president of the club. However, he added that American middle blocker will play only during Champions League.

David Lee is a quite traveller – in his career he visited clubs in France, Turkey and Italy. For the last few years he has been playing in Russia.
His greatest success is winning the gold medal during the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008.