Nikita Bazhenov sees nothing wrong with appointing Paul Ashworth to Spartak

Former Red-White striker Nikita Bazhenov told why Paul Ashworth should be given a chance at Spartak.

On Thursday, the general director of Spartak, Evgeny Melezhikov, announced that a foreigner would become the new sports director of the club. Later, Metaratings.ru reported that Ashworth was applying for the position, which Italian Luca Cattani left in mid-July. Sources of the “Championship” confirmed this information.

– In Spartak, it seems, there will be a new sports director – Paul Ashworth. Everything would be fine, but he has a very bad reputation.

– I hear about the reputation for the first time. This is probably your opinion on this matter, Bazhenov told KP Sport.

— Criminal cases in Kazakhstan for exceeding official powers are quite real.

I’m just not very competent in this matter. People who decide to invite such specialists should be held accountable. On the other hand, I have always said that one should not indiscriminately attack a person. I would like to see how it works and what results after it will or will not. After that will draw conclusions.

– Then the general question: is a foreigner in such a position okay?

“For the most part, I don’t care. First of all, a person must be competent. And conclusions on it should not be done after one game. What is the logic: conditionally, a player plays one game poorly – you don’t need to kick him out right away. If there is a negative trend, a player plays poorly for a long time, he leaves. The same goes for all leadership positions. I don’t really like to attack people right away.

– Where should Ashworth start in Spartak?

— Classic functionality: re-signing contracts, preparing new transfers. I would really like to see how he will revive Spartak-2. It seems that they said that there would be a “two”. And this is a very big job. There is something to do there.

• “Ashworth is an inveterate swindler! The man who offered him to Spartak needs to be beaten ”- Andrey Chervichenko