Commentator Oleg Pirozhkov, on the air of , expressed his position on the expected transfer of the ex-CSKA defender Mario Fernandez at Zenith.
On Thursday, the media reported that 32-year-old Mario Fernandez is set to move to Zenit Saint Petersburg. According to , Zenit head coach Sergei Semak personally wanted to see Mario in the team.
– I am closer to the position than it is a professional footballer, for him it is quite obvious that this is the last contract of his career.
He is almost 33 years old and has a clear history of injuries. He needs to get back in shape, in the last 13 months he has played five matches. He almost didn’t play for Intersional and didn’t play, because he didn’t get into the team. He just lost the competition.
I understand that there are moral aspects, and the key, probably, is that he not only played for CSKA for many years, but the fact that CSKA went to meet him halfway through what is related to his career, they let him go and allowed him to go as well. It must be a verbal agreement. In general, he is a professional footballer. I understand the fans, they live in their own world, the world of noble knights who serve a beautiful lady, i.e. their team, all their lives until death do them part. But business is business,” Pirozhkov told .
Fernandez played for the Red-Blue from 2012 to 2022. As part of CSKA, the defender became a three-time Russian champion, owner of the Russian Cup.
Source : MatchTV
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