Athletistic/Football. The head of the RFU, Maxim Mitrofanov, in an interview for the Championship, expressed his belief that Valery Karpin will remain the head coach of the Russian national team.

– You mentioned that you plan to discuss with Karpin in March the question of extending his contract, which ends in August. Is there any news on this?

“I specifically asked him before this interview: ‘Has our position changed and we still support cooperation?’ For us, this is simply a technical question; There’s no point in complicating everything with politics again?” He confirmed: “Absolutely.” We are on the same wavelength, the cooperation is going well. The RFU is completely satisfied with its work.

– Does this mean that the contract will be extended?

– This will probably happen after the end of the season. It should be understood that Valery Georgievich has a very busy schedule. I’m not trying to defend it, but it’s a fact. Just look at his schedule. I am sure that Dyukov and Karpin will sit at the negotiating table as representatives of the employer and the employee, and everything will be decided. We have such a trusting relationship that it won’t take us much time to agree, 10 seconds will be enough. We signed the previous contract in just a few minutes.

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