Captain SKA Alexander Nikishin told that he had accepted a pay cut so that the St. Petersburg club could sign the American defender Anthony DeAngelo .
Nikishine has joined SKA in the summer of 2022 following a trade with Spartak. His contract with the club is valid until the end of the 2024/25 season. On Monday, SKA announced the signing of DeAngelo until the end of the 2024/25 season.
— Is it true that your salary was cut so Tony DeAngelo could get into the cap?
– Yes, yes, yes, it’s true.
– Seriously?
– Yes. Actually, I agreed. And there it was impossible to disagree. Not in terms of what they insisted on. And I think that somewhere it will manifest itself in the form of included bonuses.
— So your contract was restructured?
– Wow, difficult words. It’s just that now I have such motivation that I want to play even more. Thanks to this, I will help the team even more. It’s really very good, “Nishishin told .
This season, the 22-year-old defender has played five matches for the St. Petersburg club, in which he has scored 3 (1+2) points.
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