Head coach of Ak Bars Kazan Zinetula Bilyaletdinov stated that the attacker Damir Zhafiarov received a lot of credit and adequate playing time on the team.
Former general manager “Ak Barsa” Marat Valiullin in an interview with reported that the club is ready to trade Zhafyarov. The media considers Avangard to be the main suitor for the player.
— There is a lot of news regarding the departure of Damir Zhafyarov. Why was he given so little trust in your team?
– I will explain you. He had enough playing time and there was a lot of confidence. But he had an injury, after which he was treated. Then he came out and suffered a second injury and was treated again and is still being treated. There was enough trust,” Bilyaletdinov was quoted as saying by the Ak Bars press service.
This season, Zhafyarov played 16 matches of the Fonbet KHL championship and scored 2 (1+1) points with a utility indicator of “+1”.
Ak Bars is fourth in the Eastern Conference standings with 50 points.
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Source : MatchTV
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