Football manager Timur Gurtskaya is on the program YouTube channel “This is football, brother!” He talked about Krasnodar head coach Vladimir Ivich’s reaction to Ilzat Akhmetov’s departure to Zenit.
“Did Ivic say he needed reinforcements in the autumn? Yes I did. How did he react to Akhmetov’s departure? He was particularly unhappy about going to a rival club. “If he went abroad, every coach would say he couldn’t do anything,” Gurtskaya said.
On January 9, Zenit announced the transfer of Akhmetov from Krasnodar.
Akhmetov made his debut in the Russian Premier League (RPL) in 2014 as part of Rubin Kazan. He played for the club for four years. Later, the midfielder played for CSKA for four years. In 2018 he and his club won the Russian Super Cup. In 2022 Akhmetov became a Krasnodar player.
The 26-year-old midfielder played in 21 matches in all competitions for Krasnodar this season and scored 3 goals and made 2 assists in these matches.
Krasnodar, which lasted 18 weeks in the Russian Premier League (RPL), entered the winter break as the leader by collecting 38 points. Zenit is in second place with two points missing. Dinamo (32 points) completed the top three.
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