{"id":43748,"date":"2026-02-05T19:17:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T13:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=43748"},"modified":"2026-02-05T19:17:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T13:47:33","slug":"jhon-duran-heads-to-zenit-st-petersburg-as-loan-deal-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/transfer-news\/jhon-duran-heads-to-zenit-st-petersburg-as-loan-deal-confirmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Jhon Dur\u00e1n heads to Zenit St Petersburg as loan deal confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jhon Dur\u00e1n\u2019s next chapter in European football has been officially decided, with Zenit St Petersburg securing the Colombian striker on a straight loan deal from Al Nassr. Renowned transfer expert Fabrizio Romano confirmed the move with his trademark \u201cHere we go,\u201d stating that all documents have now been completed between the clubs.<\/p>\n<p>The transfer comes after Fenerbah\u00e7e terminated Dur\u00e1n\u2019s previous loan spell from Al Nassr, paving the way for a fresh temporary move to Russia. Zenit moved quickly to finalize the agreement, beating off any potential competition and ensuring the 20-year-old forward continues his development in a new league.<\/p>\n<p>Romano also clarified that French club Lille were never a serious option in negotiations, despite speculation linking them with the player. Instead, Zenit emerged as the clear destination, with Dur\u00e1n joining on a straight loan and no buy option clause included in the deal. This means Al Nassr will retain full control of the striker\u2019s future once the season concludes.<\/p>\n<p>The move is now fully sealed, and Dur\u00e1n is set to travel for medical checks and official unveiling in the coming days. With expectations high, all eyes will be on how the young striker adapts to life in Russian football.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jhon Dur\u00e1n\u2019s next chapter in European football has been officially decided, with Zenit St Petersburg securing the Colombian striker on\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":43750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4660],"tags":[3686,4739,1823,3796,2573,4616,3954,4740],"class_list":["post-43748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transfer-news","tag-david-ornstein","tag-duran","tag-fabrizio-romano","tag-football","tag-football-transfers","tag-john-duran","tag-striker","tag-zenit"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43748"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43751,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43748\/revisions\/43751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}