The Sport-Express publication reports that Lukoil plans to continue to develop the club’s infrastructure. In particular, the Fyodor Cherenkov Academy is expected to move from Sokolniki to Tushino.
Fedun’s call to the fans was published on Spartak’s website and summarized his red-and-white management, stating that he left a competitive team behind.
“This is the end of a great story. When I first played against Spartak in 1972, I couldn’t have imagined leading the people’s team for 18 years! However, sometimes dreams come true.
These years have brought a lot. Both magnificent victories and terrible defeats. The joy of victory and the pain of disappointment. Acquisition of new partners and people you prefer to forget. This is life. This is football.
I am leaving a young and competitive team with an ambitious coach as well as a highly professional management team. And of course an amazing stadium. I believe that together they can achieve new victories!
I continue to be a loyal fan of my favorite red and white team, Spartak. Go red and white! To new titles! Fedun made a farewell statement.
Former Spartak football player and coach Valery Gladilin thanked Fedun for his work in an interview with socialbites.ca.
He has done a lot for Spartak, doing a good job as a manager and sponsor.
So grateful for that. But it remains with Lukoil, who bought all the shares. Thus, the Fedun also remains at the same time. The main thing is that Spartak retains its previous fund. Fedun still has a job, a personal life, and Spartak needs time from morning to evening. It seems that he no longer has the strength. Adults gathered, everything was decided. “The head of the team will change,” said Gladilin.
Rubin’s former mentor, Rinat Bilyaletdinov, does not see Fedun’s departure as a problem for Spartak.
“So someone else will be appointed. As Lukoil financed the team, he will continue to finance it. Fedun to the left – and to the left. So there was a reason. There will probably be some changes. How the funding will be reallocated depends on the parent organization. Time will tell,” said Bilyaletdinov.
Raul Riancho, former coach of Spartak, praised Fedun and stated that he always treated his employees with respect.
“When he met the team, he was a friendly person. He must have some personal reasons. It is the president who allows you to work. I have never seen him in the locker room pressure the coaches and influence their decisions. We have to respect such a step of Leonid Arnoldovich, ”Riancho told Sport-Express .
But the legend of the red and white Evgeny Lovchev welcomed the news of Fedun’s departure, saying that he and his wife Zarema Salikhova tainted the club.
“This is the right decision. As the head of the Spartak international association, I sent an open letter to Lukoil (Vagit) Alekperov more than a year ago. My letter was signed by Kavazashvili and Gavrilov. Tikhonov was supported by Titov, Alenichev.
I wrote to Alekperov the following – deal with this couple, they dishonored the team with Fedun and Zarema. I didn’t talk about football in this case. I’m talking about their behavior and decisions. Then no one answered me from Lukoil. I think that’s the answer to my letter now.
But at the same time, it is impossible to thank Fedun for the stadium, the base. When Lukoil arrived, Spartak was saved by the finances. I am grateful to them for saving the club. We’ve seen for a long time what happened to Torpedo, what happened to Dynamo. And Spartak was always in sight, only people did not understand football, ”said Match TV, the words of Lovchev.
The former head of Spartak, Andrey Chervichenko, on the contrary, suggested erecting a monument to Fedun.
“I don’t know if monuments will be erected for the living, although Maradona and Ronaldo have been erected. And why not put Fedun? If he deserved it, then he deserved it – he built the stadium.
Maybe it’s worth putting a stele, a sign, or being creative and doing something architectural, nice, because not every person perceives a monument as a good thing.
I think it is necessary to thank and be thankful for the good things done to people, it is appropriate. The fact that Fedun built the stadium should somehow be immortalized in the memory of the fans,” he said.
Match TV reported that three candidates are vying for the chairmanship of Spartak – Evgeny Khavkin, chairman of the Lukoil board of directors, Alexander Matytsyn, first vice-president of Lukoil, and Ashot Khachaturyants (RPL) former chairman of the Russian Premier League ). Rumors that Spartak’s chairman was Khachaturyants had been circulating since July of this year.
But even Elena Vyalbe, president of the Russian Ski Racing Federation (FLGR), who was rumored to be sent to Spartak’s board a few weeks ago, is ready to lead the team.
“So far, no one has contacted me about this. If I am offered a management position at Spartak, I will definitely consider this offer,” he said.
Spartak’s new president is expected to be appointed on August 25.
Fedun bought Spartak Moscow in 2004. Together with him, the team became the champion of the country, won the Cup and the Russian Super Cup.
The best result of the team in the European cup was the quarter-finals of the Europa League in the 2010/11 season.
Also under Fedun, Spartak got its first own stadium. In 2014, Otkritie Arena was built in Tushino.