At the RFU no money to pay salaries Russia coach Fabio Capello said on Wednesday member of the executive committee of the RAF, the former head of the Audit Chamber Sergei Stepashin.
«I declare that money to pay salaries in Capello RFU simply not “- said Stepashin said (quoted by Interfax). On funding sources should have thought before, “when they signed the contract,” but not to pay the salaries of the head coach of the Russian national team is not the case, he snapped.
The Secretary-General Anatoliy Vorobyev RAF does not deny that the federation owed Capello, but numbers not names. Contract size Capello over € 8 million per year, it is not surprising that the federal money ran out, ironically, a source close to its executive committee. Another interviewee RBC – from former sponsors RFU – says that “clean” head coach receives about € 7 million. According to him, the delay in the payment of salaries of Italian experts is no more than two months. It turns out that the size of the debt may exceed € 1 million (66.5 million rubles.).
Problems with the RFU wage Capello due to the fact that the funding of the country’s top team refused to “Gazprom” and several prominent businessmen, RBC told two people close to the executive committee of the federation. According to them, even when the former head of the RFU Sergei Fursenko establish a pool of big businessmen who periodically provided financial assistance to the Russian national football team. “The main sponsor was” Gazprom “- said one of the interlocutors RBC. Other major donors, he said, were the owner of “Nafta-Moscow” Suleiman Kerimov, a shareholder of LUKOIL Leonid Fedun and principal owner USM Holding Alisher Usmanov (about one-time assistance by Usmanov and Fedun said earlier and Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko, but the numbers are not called ). According to the interlocutor of RBC, “Gazprom” to 2012 singled out the RAF at $ 20-30 million per year, a total of Kerimov transferred about $ 10 million, Fedun – half. A second source confirms the order of numbers.
A representative of “Gazprom” the size of the assistance provided to reveal refused, confirming only that the more support the RFU has no concern. A close friend of Kerimov confirms that the entrepreneur for over a year does not sponsor federation. Usmanov helped RAF one-time, says a source close to the businessman, without disclosing details. The representative of “LUKOIL” declined to comment, contact Fedun failed. The representative of Novatek (the company began to cooperate with the RAF after the departure of “Gazprom”), said yesterday that the company is supporting the team directly, but did not disclose the amount.
Great loss
The budget depends on the RFU sponsors more than 50%, admits Vorobyov. The rest – it’s commission from ticket sales and television rights to broadcast matches, advertising revenue, trading football memorabilia (including through its own online store). International Football Federation (FIFA) can enumerate RAF reward for participating in the world championships.
public money RAF hardly spends argues Vorobyov: these revenues do not reach 5% of the budget is spent and targeted to support youth sports and mass football.
In 2014 the Federation budget is 2.9 billion rubles. According to Vorobyov, it accounted for sponsorship of previous years, but the deficit is now about 500 million rubles.
«Gazprom» has been the main sponsor of the RAF, and cash gaps were closed by a big businessman who asked for help in person former head of the RFU Sergey Fursenko, say two interlocutors RBC. With the new head of the RAF, Nikolai Tolstoy from sponsors, he said, the relationship did not exist for a number of disagreements on sports issues. The question of the “value” Capello business representatives in the executive committee of the RFU raised after the completion of the World Cup in Brazil, where the Russian team was not able to leave the group, he added.
Businessmen sponsored Russian team before: for example, costs for contract Guus Hiddink, the first foreign coach of Russia, who was invited in 2006, covered the National Football Academy – the fund created by Roman Abramovich to support football in Russia. According to the representative of the Fund, the financing contract is registered as a charitable contribution target ASN in the RAF. Football finance in Russian Abramovich began shortly after the purchase in 2003 of the London club Chelsea.
Did the business requests for assistance from the current leadership of the RAF, the sources of RBC not comment.
court fines and
The break contract with Capello besides reputational risks for Russian football and will have material consequences. According to ITAR-TASS, the penalty that the RAF will pay in the event of early termination of the contract, will be approximately $ 25 million (to confirm this figure RBC failed).
«I must say that I will not say anything about the contract RFU with Fabio Capello and the rest of the Italian coach – said yesterday RBC senior vice president of the RFU Nikita Simonyan. – Now I am responsible for the professional side of the football, not the contract. ” Thick at the time of the material did not respond to questions RBC.
«Do Capello there are two ways to solve the problem – says sports lawyer Valery Fedoreev. – Ground – apply to the Russian court and the labor inspectorate. Second Embodiment – sports bodies jurisdiction in this case Cup. ” In both cases, the decision is likely to be made in favor of Capello confident Fedoreev. FIFA will surely RAF term for something to settle the dispute out of court.
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