Today, January 6, a very important transfer was announced. Defender Ilya Agapov has left Nizhny Novgorod. Now he will play for CSKA. This transfer has already been officially announced. By tradition, the newcomer took a photo with CSKA general director Roman Babaev. Ilya Agapov will perform at CSKA under the 77th number.
Ilya Agapov belonged to Kazan Rubin from 2018 to 2021. In 2020, the defender moved to another club in the Republic of Tatarstan. We are talking about “Neftekhimik” from Nizhnekamsk. For this FNL team, Ilya Agapov played 23 games and scored one goal. After that, the footballer moved to Spartak-2, where he spent the 2021/2022 season. It was also in the FNL. Ilya Agapov entered the field in 16 games and scored one goal. In 2022 Ilya Agapov became a Nizhny Novgorod player. The defender has made 13 Premier League appearances.
For Ilya Agapov a new stage in his career has begun. He joined one of the leading clubs in the Russian Premier League. For CSKA, the problem with defenders is also acute. It is this position that must be strengthened. Therefore, serious expectations will probably be placed on Ilya Agapov.
CSKA fans reacted to the transfer of Ilya Agapov. They left their comments on the official army club community in Vkontakte.
Dima Yehkov:
– Everything, the transfer company is over, everyone is free!
Alexander Trubchaninov:
– They buried Karpov, but he was the hope of the club, and played, scored and played for the national teams, let’s hope Agapov will do better.
Trofimov Peter:
– I hope he will be a good defender. Since we had big problems in defense for many years. After Ignashevich and Berezutsky, there weren’t really any good defenders at CSKA.
Seryozha Glavnov:
– Good, we need more naps.
Yevgeny Kuznetsov:
– Friends, he’s a replacement for Fuchs, did I understand correctly?!
Boris Khaziev:
– Good luck, Ilya! Long career at CSKA! I want to cement the center of defense with Diveev and Rosha!
CSKA after the first part of the Russian championship takes fifth place in the RPL ranking. CSKA scored 29 points. The same number of points and the “Dynamo”, which is located on the fourth line. The third place is occupied by Rostov with 35 points, the second is Spartak, who scored 36 points. He leads the Zenit RPL ranking, which has 42 points.
CSKA also continues to fight in the Russian Football Cup. The army team took second place in their group, beating Torpedo and Sochi and letting Ural go ahead, and reached the 1/4 finals of the RPL path. There, the reds and blues will play with Krasnodar.
Yaroslav Pyatikh, Athletistic
Source: Sport

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