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Why are big-spending Anzhi cutting back?

When news broke that Anzhi Makhachkala, the billionaire-backed Russian Premier League club, were cutting their budget and selling their top players, (external) many journalists - myself included - thought it was a late April fool. But this was no joke. In the hours that followed a series of announcements, each more puzzling than the other, confirmed "The Anzhi Project", at least as we previously knew it, was coming to an end. Suleyman Kerimov, Anzhi's billionaire backer since January 2011, was no longer happy to finance a gravy train. The club's budget, officially quoted at an extravagant £116m per season (second only to Zenit St Petersburg in Russia), was to be reduced to between £32m and £45m.Rene Meulensteen, formerly Sir Alex Ferguson's assistant at Manchester United and the man hand-picked by predecessor Guus Hiddink to manage the club, lost his job after just 16 days. And a host of players, foreign and Russian, bought for extravagant fees over the past two and a half years, were to be shipped out post-haste.
The football media naturally looks for footballing reasons for Kerimov's sudden about-face - and there are several.After finishing in third place last season, hopes were high of a title push, but Anzhi have begun the campaign in disappointing fashion, losing two and drawing two of their opening four games.An official statement (external) said as much, stating that "having analysed the club's recent sporting results, the decision has been taken to work on a new long-term strategy for the club".

By James Appell - BBC Sport
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/23603167
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suleyman_Kerimov