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Axel Witsel wants to join "a big club"

Zenit St Petersburg midfielder Axel Witsel admits that he wants to leave Russia for "a big club".

Zenit St Petersburg midfielder Axel Witsel has revealed that he wants to join "a big club", with the Premier League his likely destination.

However, the 24-year-old has claimed that he is not in a rush to depart Russia, where he moved from Benfica 12 months ago.

"I've an objective in my head and I want to join a big club," he told Het Laatste Nieuws.

"But I don't say it has to happen now, I don't even know when, but it has to be a top club.

"Then I think about the Premier League, the league everyone's looking at. You have eight top clubs there."

A number of Premier League clubs are believed to be monitoring developments.

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