CSKA vice-president Natalia Furaeva told that the duration of the new contract Nikita Kurbanov does not mean that the basketball player will leave the club in a year.
On Friday, CSKA announced the signing of a new deal with the 37-year-old striker until the end of next season. Kurbanov is a student of the club’s youth project. The upcoming season will be the basketball player’s 17th with the “red-blues”.
— The athlete will begin his 17th season at CSKA. How would you comment?
“Neither we, nor the fans, nor the experts doubt that Nikita remains a key player for CSKA. This was clearly demonstrated by the last playoffs. He is in such amazing form that most young players would envy him, and his attitude and thirst for victory sets a true example for the whole team. I sincerely wish him health and preservation of this inner fire.
—Why did you sign the agreement now and not earlier? After all, the offer to the player was made half a month ago.
– Nikita has been with us for so long that all of us in the club consider him ours. Therefore, after Andrei Vatutin (club president) invited him to stay, the rest was, in principle, just a formality. However, all official procedures had to be followed, and without final wording and signatures, we would never announce a staff move. At the same time, the club management had a large number of urgent questions, and here the “insider” factor played a role: Nikita was sympathetic to our activity and we completed the whole routine a little later.
A one-year contract, a standard deal for a veteran with such experience and merit. This does not mean at all that Kurbanov will leave in 2025. I hope that Nikita will not slow down, that he will perform as long as his form allows him to compete with top rivals and that he will become the standard of sports longevity “, Furaeva told .
Last season, the striker won the VTB United League with CSKA.
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