Leonid Fedun, who for more than ten years as head of the most popular Russian football club “Spartak”, but could not win him any title, said that decided to leave the post of chairman of the board of directors of the club. Mr. Fedun decided “to give powers to professionals.” Statement by the Vice-President of LUKOIL, which is considered the main owner of “Spartacus” is very reminiscent of farewell to the team, though, and Leonid Fedun said that its funding will continue. However, sources say that it depends primarily not from him but from the head of LUKOIL Vagit Alekperov, in fact, is the main shareholder of the club.
Yesterday’s “Spartacus” Leonid Fedun published a statement in which he announced his resignation as chairman of the board of directors of the club. Moreover, this statement is very similar to parting with the team.
Mr Fedun transfers it to achieve, which made “Spartacus”, since in 2004 he became its first face. In particular, he tells of “a solid material foundation for the national team” and “solid financial base” the “best stadium in the country” (“Opening the Arena”, introduced in the autumn of last year), a football academy, which is “on the right recognized as a model not only in Russia but also in Eastern Europe “, that” in all the years there were no delays in payments to players and partners “, and” Club fully meets the requirements of the financial fair play “.
to sporting success Leonid Fedun include the fact that “Spartacus,” “five-time silver medalist Russia,” “regularly played in the Champions League and Europa League.” But he admits that the results “are outstanding for most Premier League teams can not be satisfactory for the fans the most titled club of our country.”
“Sincerely, with all my heart and worried sick about the fate of” Spartacus “and understand that it is time to give authority to the professionals. Maybe they will be more successful and competent and will lead to the folk club the new title, “- says Mr. Fedun concluded.
It is the lack of titles has always been a major rebuke from the fans to Leonid Fedun. The team, which is 12-times champion of the USSR and the ninefold champion of Russia in the era of Fedun, often changing coaches, not added to its record of any single title. At the same time financial means, she was always among the leaders of the national football. In 2014, even before it was completed “The opening of the Arena”, the site sports.ru praised the club’s budget of $ 155 million and put it in third place in the Premier League – behind the “Zenith” and “Dynamo”, but there is, such as CSKA Moscow, who took over the past ten years, four Russian and gold to celebrate the victory in the Europa League. Different kinds of scandals and conflicts of players, coaches and managers, were also characteristic of the “Spartacus” at the time when the club was in charge of Leonid Fedun.
Statement by Mr. Fedun once appeared on the wave of criticism that befell the team. In the previous two rounds of the championship of Russia “Spartacus” suffered two painful defeats, losing at first, playing most of the 2: 4, “Terek” and then devastating home – 0: 4 – losing most principled opponent of CSKA and, in fact, lost his chance get the European Cups. During a match with CSKA Spartak fans complained not only coaching the team since last autumn Swiss Murat Yakin, but Leonid Fedun. And after the game, a group of fans turned to Mr. Fedun with the requirement to “sell” Spartacus “.”
published on the website of “Spartacus” statement does not answer the question of whether there will be Leonid Fedun at the club and if you will, in what status. The press service of the red and white could not specify the statements Leonid Fedun. And employees of the club, which talked Correspondent “b”, admitted that for them the statement was “shocked” and that “they just do not understand,” and they want “anyone to decrypt it.” They do not hide their surprise and team players.
Leonid Fedun said yesterday that becomes “a man who will finance and help” Spartacus “and other decisions will be taken.”
Meanwhile, there were serious doubts that Leonid Fedun, who is believed to have bought a controlling stake in the red and white in 2003. Andrew Chervichenko about $ 70 million, general was the real master of “Spartacus” and can sell the club. His separation from the Board of Directors occurred hours later, after the chief editor of the sports channel “NTV-Plus”, a well-known commentator Vasily Utkin, publicly appealed to the head of LUKOIL Vagit Alekperov. “Enough figureheads. It’s time to the forefront. The owner of” Spartacus “- Vagit Alekperov, Fedun not. Vagit Alekperov, the word for you, decide,” – wrote Mr. Utkin text for prosport-online.ru, dedicated candidates dismissed Murat Yakin post.
Yesterday, a source familiar with the situation in “Spartacus”, told “Kommersant” that in football circles have long known that the major shareholder of the club – is the president of LUKOIL (the company acts General Sponsor Spartak). “But he knowingly instructed Leonid Fedun engaged in the process of football,” – said the source.
General secretary of the union players and coaches of Russia Nikolai Grammatikov considers that the withdrawal Leonid Fedun – a logical step: “It is clear that sports results, and especially the futility of the current coaching staff have raised questions about the new the development strategy of the club. “Spartacus”, having a large army of fans, well-funded and best stadium in Russia, did not become a leading player on our football market. Shareholders need to choose a competent coaching and management team. ” To the failure of “Spartacus” in recent years, Mr. Grammatikov carried as “extremely low number of pupils as part of their own, despite the presence of a great academy, and a weak influence on the processes occurring in the field of football,” recalling that Mr. Fedun, unlike the first persons rest of the top clubs, could not be elected in 2014 a member of the executive committee of the Russian Football Union.
Who will be the new face of the first “Spartacus” yesterday and has not found out. Most likely, this issue should be resolved at a meeting of the board of directors of the club, which will take place immediately after the end of the championship of Russia – in early June.
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