Former head coach of Dynamo Moscow and the Russian national team Vladimir Krikunov in an interview legal betting He stated that striker Ilya Kovalchuk should not sign a contract with Spartak Moscow.
According to him, the 40-year-old striker has already proven everything to everyone.
“The question here is not about the numbers in the contract, but in general. Normally can work as a manager or team leader. And everything will be fine. You always have to leave the top,” Krikunov said.
The red-whites are leading the Western Conference standings with 56 points. Kovalchuk played for Spartak from 1999 to 2001. Together with the club, he became the champion of the Major League.
In 2021, he won the Gagarin Cup three times as part of Omsk Avangard and decided to suspend his activities as a player. In the National Hockey League (NHL), Kovalchuk played in Atlanta, New Jersey, Washington and Montreal.
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