ex-president”Torpedo » Ilya Gerkus in an interview with he admitted that after leading the club he did not find the presence of many departments, departments and employees necessary.
Herkus led the Blacks and Whites as president from August 2022 to March 2023. At the moment, Torpedo closes the standings, 6 points behind Khimki.
– What present did you find by coming to Torpedo between a glorious past and a coherent future?
– Everything was new to me, I had never seen a club in such a state. From an official’s point of view, it was interesting to a certain extent, because I hadn’t immersed myself in the life of the last eight teams before. It’s not snobbery, just worked in clubs of another scale. And here is a very small office with good specialists, don’t get me wrong, great, dedicated people, who, unfortunately, were few. You ask for something – it is missing. There is no commercial service. There is no marketing. There is no mark. Retail and merchandising, work with sponsors, the economic and financial department, the financial director… no, some of the functions are carried out by the accounting department. Attributes in the locker at the entrance to the office, whoever needs it, asks the administrators, they open it with a key, distribute a t-shirt or a cap. That’s what merchandising is.
You shudder slightly. Although it is also possible to live. but I do not want to. The average attendance of “Torpedo” in the Premier League was 650 people. Average, again. It’s not even Premier League level, it’s even worse. But you can work. In five years, it is quite possible to reach an average of 15 thousand per game. Yes, it’s a huge job, an investment. And a completely new audience, which, it is important to understand, will have different values, interests and habits than the existing ones.
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