General Director of the hockey club “Torpedo » Maxim Gafurov in an interview with spoke about salaries and bonuses in the Nizhny Novgorod team.
Torpedo occupies first place in the Western Conference with 23 points in 15 matches. In the last meeting, the Nizhny Novgorod team defeated Dynamo in Moscow with a score of 7:1. The team is led by Igor Larionov, who signed a two-year contract with the Nizhny Novgorod club last year.
— Recently it was said that Igor Larionov receives little – only 17 million rubles per season. And Torpedo doesn’t do anything about it. What’s your reaction ?
“Such agitation is rather unpleasant, even if we take it calmly. Igor Nikolaevich and I know what we are doing, what our idea is. Second, some information is not true. And the whole motivational and financial system works differently in the club.
Yes, many of our players also have small salaries. And I can honestly say it here, officially. Even if it seems to have certain consequences. But I explain it calmly…
— Because there are bonuses.
— Yes, the guys have team bonuses. If we are doing well, if we are playing – and winning, and not losing – then everything is fine. We have competitive salaries. And they will be bigger.
Of course, Igor Nikolaevich deserves the greatest respect. And I’m sure his salary will be good, don’t worry. But such comparisons in the press, when these topics are discussed, probably have slightly different goals than protecting Larionov…
— Do they want to undermine Torpedo?
– As practice shows, so be it. The more bad things they say about Torpedo and the worse the predictions, the better we play,” Gafurov said for .
Last season, Torpedo, under the leadership of Igor Larionov, reached the second round of the playoffs by eliminating Dynamo Moscow in the first round (4-2 in the series).
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