Former General Director of Omsk “Avant-garde » Rashid Khabibulin named the new failed contract with the striker Pavel Dedunov his main mistake while working at the club.
Avangard ended their Gagarin Cup performance in the second round, losing to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl with a score of 3–4 in the series. Khabibulin arrived as general manager of the Hawks in the 2022/23 season, replacing Alexei Volkov. In April 2023, this position was taken by Anton Kuryanov; in August it became known that Khabibulin had left the club.
— You yourself mentioned the word “collapse”. What do you think of the words that “Khabibulin ruined the champion Avangard”?
– You know, as I will say… I am not a sinless person and I have made mistakes too. Are there managers who don’t make mistakes? But to say that I ruined something… This, to put it mildly, is an ordinary settling of scores with a person who interfered in your affairs.
— Which mistake do you consider to be the most important?
– What Pasha Dedunov did not save. I missed it, it’s my personal fault.
– Why did you forget it?
— We did not agree on the duration of the contract. We gave him for one year, Dedunov wanted two. I asked his agent to wait a bit to understand what balance we had in terms of money. But unfortunately, Peter worked faster. So Pasha is my problem, I should have worked faster. I am sure that Dedunov will definitely work for another 2-3 years and help any team,” Khabibulin said in an interview with .
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