“Bashkiria should have a team in the RPL, but the name of the club should not be associated with begging” – goalkeeper Belenov

Guardian “Ufa” Alexander Belenov told that the Republic of Bashkortostan can afford to maintain an RPL-level squad, but there is a need to work on the club’s infrastructure.

At the end of the last seasonUfa has left the elite division and will play in the FNL championship.

– Players are leaving the club en masse. Will it be possible to return to RPL in one season?

– Probably, it’s not a question for me. 8-9 people leave, it’s sad. Sanya Sukhov was with the club for eight years, it’s generally sad. Now, we don’t know what will happen to the budget. Talking about tasks, you need to understand what opportunities you have and who you want to invite – from coaching staff to players. We all understand that if players of the same level come, then they are people who are ready to solve certain problems. If people from another level come, it’s just so that the club exists.

– Confirm or refute rumors that the leadership of the republic “Ufa” is not so interesting. I ask you the question because you were on a local program where the President of Bashkortostan was.

I was live, yes. He came and said on behalf of the club that we had problems. My opinion is that football is definitely not in the top roles there. There is nothing but the stadium. The stadium where the RPL team plays, the youth team, the children train there. Now, thank God, an arena is being built nearby, and it should be in such an area – the weather is not encouraging. There is no basis, there are no recovery conditions, there are a lot of things missing. In fact, it is easier to list what is.

– Based on the President’s response, what is your impression? It was last year ?

Yes, it was in September. Impression? What happened is the impression it was. He promised that they would find funds, that there was a sponsor ready to come any minute, that everything would be decided soon. In the end, nothing. In the winter transfer window, we didn’t improve enough to stay in the Premier League. After a while you can already tell.

I hope there will be changes in relation to football in Ufa and Bashkiria. I think it’s a rich republic that should have a team in the RPL. So that the name of the football club is not associated with begging, someone holding out their hands and asking for money, but everything is solid and people come to the new stadium. At the arena according to the principle of Kazan or Yekaterinburg – where the public will enjoy football and go with the children – Belenov told .