Chairman of the CSR Board and Honorary President of the VTB United League Sergey Ivanov, in an interview with , said that he doubts that CSKA team leaders stay Alexei Shved And Nikola Milutinov as club wage bills continue to shrink in the current situation.
CSKA’s budget for the 2021/22 season amounted to 2 billion 809 million rubles. In April, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) suspended the Russian team from participating in the selection for the 2024 Olympic Games and EuroBasket 2025. Russian clubs are also not participating in international tournaments due to the situation. in Ukraine.
– The number and quality of titles currently in play has decreased. Maybe it’s worth saving and playing nationally only as Russians? In the name of the future, so to speak?
“Spending on foreigners has already decreased. The VTB League, remember, is the only Russian sports league that fully discloses club budgets and its own. I think it will continue like this, football and hockey are afraid to open their budgets. But we are not. So we can clearly see: the legionnaires are less well paid.
– How much?
– You will find out in September, everything will be made public, but the total expenses of CSKA, for example, have become significantly lower than during the time of participation in the Euroleague. The wage bill will probably continue to decline as well: I’m not sure leaders like Milutinov and Shved, who are worth a lot of money, will stay. CSKA owner Norilsk Nickel has already reduced investment in the club, completely stopped financing Aeroflot. I’m not at all sure that CSKA have the biggest budget in the league right now. I speak with a hint of another club, whose numbers may be higher. Not everything is decided by money, live people come to the site, but the Euroleague loss of course left its mark,” Ivanov said in an interview with .
Live broadcasts of VTB United League matches are available on and other TV channels of the holding, as well as on the websites sportbox.ru and matchtv.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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