“Even Asia has not made it clear whether they are waiting for us or not” – Alexander Tarkhanov

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has not yet made an unambiguous statement regarding the transition of the Russian Football Union (RFU), said Alexander Tarkhanov, former coach of Khimki and Ural.

On December 30, the RFU announced the decision to postpone the issue of a possible transition to the AFC. It was announced the creation of a joint working group with UEFA for the return of teams from the Russian Federation to international tournaments.

– The transition of the RFU to the Asian Football Confederation? You see, even Asia has not made it clear whether they are waiting for us or not,” Tarkhanov told Sport24.

In his opinion, the best player of the season at the moment is the Spartak player Quincy Promes.

– The best player of the season? There are many such guys, but I will single out Promes. I consider Sychevy to be the opening of the championship. The championship can be desired for each team, but Zenit is ahead of everyone. Most likely, he will become one again.

This year I was surprised by the World Cup in Qatar. There were a lot of good games and the final turned out to be interesting. In the Russian championship, Rostov pleased – on the third line after Spartak. They used to be in the middle, but now they have broken through. Of course, the merit of Karpin. Remind Sochi in that year, which was in second place.

The teams at the bottom of the table disappointed me. Khimki, who want to remove many of their players. Torpedo came out with the hope that they would be in the middle of the standings, but we can already say about 99% of relegation from the RPL. It’s a complete mess,” said Tarkhanov.

In February 2022, UEFA suspended Russian clubs and national teams from competitions under its auspices due to the situation in Ukraine.