On Wednesday evening it became known that the new Director General of the Moscow “Spartak” will Shamil Gazizov. About it after the match red-white with “the Locomotive” in the framework of the 27th round of the championship of Russia on football has said the club’s owner Leonid Fedun. Gazizov for a long time held a similar post in the “Ufa”, which is now in the standings above “Spartacus”.The owner “Spartaka” Leonid Fedun has decided not to torment the media in anticipation about who will take the place of the General Director of the club, Thomas Zorn, who was dismissed Tuesday, and the next day announced the appointment to the vacant post of Shamil Gazizov. He said this to journalists after the match with Lokomotiv, which is red-white have played in a draw 1:1. According to Leonid Fedun, Shamil Gazizov will begin work as the Director of “Spartak” already this week. He also explained why the choice fell on the Manager who works in a modest “Ufa”. “You know what this club achieved success with minimal budgets and are a correct breeding policy,— said the head of the red-and-white.— That’s what we need right now. After another devaluation of the ruble and coronaviruses, our club has lost 15-20% of the budget. But the budget of “Ufa” and “Spartacus” is five to six times, and the results are similar. So, our potential is five to six times higher.” What specific tasks will be set before the new CEO, Mr. Fedun did not speak. But in principle, and from his brief comments it is clear that Shamil Gazizov invited as a crisis Manager, which is really best established, effectively driving a low-budget provincial club. On a post of the General Director of “Ufa” he’s worked since 2011, in fact since the founding of the team, and picked it up from the second division, almost from the Amateur level to the Russian Premier League (RPL). Making his way into the elite, the Ufa was able to gain a foothold in it, and in the season 2017/18 showed the higher is your score and took the sixth place, having the right to make his debut in the competition. In the Europa League they went through two qualifying stages, and lost to Scottish side Rangers FC in the play-off round. Last season, however, Russia was fighting for survival in RPL and has maintained residence, not without difficulty, defeating the sum of two matches “Tom”. But this season the Bashkir team once again went up and is now in sixth place, ahead of “Spartak” on three points. By the way, in the 27th round she beat the applying for medals “Rostov” (2:1). The club’s budget, according to unofficial estimates, never exceeded 1.5 billion rubles., and was often significantly less.Credit Gazizova also bet that he has a flair for players and coaches. In particular, it is from “Ufa” brthe increase in Viktor Goncharenko and Sergei Semak — CSKA and Zenit, respectively. And lead the current team of Vadim Yevseyev has already drawn attention to themselves. Former head coach of “Locomotive” Yuri Semin has admitted recently that he saw him as his successor. And it is possible that teachers in the foreseeable future will also be in “Spartacus”, especially since he has Spartakovskaya roots. As for the players, because of “Ufa” was sold to Manchester city, the Ukrainian midfielder Oleksandr Zinchenko. Goalkeeper Andrey Lunev moved to “Zenit” and Ivan and Igor Oblakov Diveev become the main players of CSKA. It is believed that Gazizov able to find and develop the talents of using for breeding activities a minimum of means. “Ufa” smaller all RPL spends on services agents. For comparison: if “Spartak”, according to the report of the Russian football Union in 2019, paid to intermediaries almost €12 million, Ufa — only 6.8 million rubles, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees “Ufa” Rostislav Murzagulov in an interview, said he believes Gazizova one of the best managers in all Russian sports.He Gazizov until the last moment concealed the fact of negotiations with “Spartak”, but after the announcement, Leonid Fedun of his appointment admitted that he met several times with him. It is curious that the favorite for the post of General Director of capital club many sources say to not Gazizova, and former Vice-President of “Monaco” Vadim Vasilyev. It seemed that “Spartak” is indeed a more suitable, more well-known and respected Manager with good European experience. Still, with all the advantages Gazizova its main drawback is that he never worked at the top level and “Spartacus” may be too much club, in which his Ufa methods would be ineffective or insufficient to achieve a much more ambitious objective. “I understand that this is a very big challenge for me, a big responsibility, but I had time to think and make the decision,— quotes the new Director General of “Spartak” championat.com.— After talking with Leonid Fedun, I realized what my powers are and what tasks will be standing in front of me. I am sure that all will be well.” Alexander Ilyin
