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Source: Soviet Sport
One of the last month's headliners, as it usually happens, was the interim champion – "Lokomotiv".
In the season ended, Lokomotiv became champion for the first time in 14 years. Speaking figuratively, without insisting on individual ups and downs, the railroaders, over the last ten years, have behaved like a middle and strong peasant, with fleeting pretensions to one of the leaders of football national. Having recovered his reputation after winning the league title, Lokomotiv is important not only to confirm his update, but also to understand for himself – this takeoff was situational where the club is really ready for new achievements.
only another milestone in the history of the club and the indescribable joy of club fans. Winning the championship is also a great chance. The chance to climb to a new high, which without the actual championship can not dominate. In many ways, this fact is explained by the upcoming participation of "Lokomotiv" in the Champions League. The entry of the railway workers into the first basket during the draw of the main club tournament in Europe was forced to act as a catalyst for the powerful "Loco" transfer campaign. Under such a panel, players of the highest level are ready to go to the club. The world championship ended, went through the Equator July, before the start of the new season less than two weeks ago, and we do not see any new star players on the Lokomotiv collection. Why?
Partly the answer to this question we received in the early days of July, when the meeting of the transfer committee formed "Loco" took place. At the end of the meeting, it became known that now the whole algorithm of working on team building is jailed first and foremost under the vision of the head coach from "Locomotive" Yuri Semin. If Semin had claimed that the appearance of Jefferson Farfan and Eder in the club was not coordinated with him, now everything will be different.
The main reason for Semin's current transfer campaign was: to keep the championship team in full force. The task put to the president of the club by Ilya Gerkus looked heavier than it seems at first glance. And the fact is that a significant portion of the team's players ended up with contracts this summer. In addition, there was another important point in this story: in late May, the chairman of the Lokomotiv Board of Directors, Anatoly Meshcheryakov, said that "the club's current budget is sufficient to fulfill its tasks" and n & n Does not need to increase. Champions League. Given all these introductory notes, the club management had to not only keep the composition, but also re-sign the players with a reduction in their salary fund.
Even before the start of the World Cup, a new two-year contract with the club. Gerkus, understanding the importance of the moment and the demand for Farfan in the market, flew to sign a contract in Switzerland, where the national team of Peru was preparing for the World Cup. In early July, Alexander Kolomeitsev, Anton Kochenkov, Vitaly Denisov and Taras Mikhalik extended their agreements for one year. Dmitry Tarasov, unlike his teammates, did not want to lose wages. It was this fact that made Tarasov run away from the others at the club's first Austrian rally. And yet Tarasov, weighing all the pros and cons, continued about the club, extending the contract for a year with lower wages
Thus, the management of "Loco" resolved both tasks – and the the coach's desire fulfills. . An exception was only two players from the championship team. Ari, who after the injury was unable to reach his previous level, returned from the lease to "Krasnodar". A 30-year-old Nemanja Peichinovich, signing his last big contract in his career, chose a richer Chinese version. He has the right. Nemanja played four seasons at Loko, winning two cups and a championship for the club.
There are currently two full-fledged acquisitions at Lokomotiv. Semin realized his long-standing desire and returned to the student "Loco" club Rifat Zhemaletdinov, who spent the last two years in the "Ruby". Zhemaletdinov scored three goals in the Kazan club for two seasons. Statistics are not the best, but "Ruby" in recent times, his fans are not happy with the game. In his first friendly match against Austria, Rifat scored a goal. Despite the fact that Zhemaletdinov played in the four friendly matches in Austria in the absence of compilations, this goal remained the only one for the team. In the matches against Osijek, Wolfsburg and Vites, the Loko strikers are no different.
The second acquisition of Lokomotiv was defender Brian Idov who participated in all three matches of the Nigerian national team at the last world championship. After the dissolution of "Amkar", Idov was in the status of free agent and went free to "railway workers", signing a three-year contract. Considering Peichinovich's departure to China, Idov, who calls himself a
And yet, before the long-awaited return to the Champions League can expect his team to behave more aggressively in the transfer market. Semin decided to bet on a proven team, on the players who brought him the championship. But,
Perhaps the current transfer process at Lokomotiv is due to the tasks for the coming season. The management of the club after the championship left the same task, which stood before the championship finished – to enter the top five. In general, the logic of this solution is available. Once the budget is at the same level, the tasks are the same. But if so, then talk of further development of the club is not necessary. Won the championship? Happy?
But if you look at the reality from the point of view of common sense, if you reformulate the task of getting into the top three of the winners and a worthy representation of the country in the Champions League, then a qualitative reinforcement of the locomotive is simply necessary. Before the start of the Russian championship, there is still time. The essential is to revise the transfer policy and seize the chance to enter a new level of club development.
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