Kanchelskis told how in Russia he was offered to pass the match for half a million dollars

The former football player of the Russian national team and the English Manchester United, now coach Andrei Kanchelskis, in an interview with Match TV, said when he was offered money for his team to pass the match.

After the end of his football career in 2007, Kanchelskis became the general director of Nosta Novotroitsk, which played in the first division. He also worked as a head coach at Torpedo-ZIL, Ufa, Latvian Jurmala, Solaris and Uzbek Navbakhor. Since 2016, Kanchelskis has not worked in Russia.

— There is no feeling that you were “cancelled” in our football?

— Let it. This is their wish. If someone is ready to enter into negotiations, I am ready to communicate. If not, I’m not going to ask. We have a lot of coaches out of work, am I the only one? Someone bends under circumstances, falls under someone – one can say, in the literal sense. These are their problems. I will not do it.

— What does the coach’s deflection look like for someone technologically?

– The coach begins to cooperate with agents, club presidents, vice presidents. They then lead this coach. And they will carry it with them, like on a fishing trip, and put it on a hook.

What if he wants to get off the hook?

– And before that, why did he take the money then? Everything, he’s on the hook. Money is good, but it can play a cruel joke on you. At one time, I was offered a lot of games to hand over. Even in Novotroitsk, when I worked as a general director. They came from the football “Kuban”, brought the money. I said: “Guys, I don’t play these games and I won’t play them.”

Well, I will earn this money, and then what? The whole country will know. You do not think, everyone knows who takes, who does not. They just don’t speak openly. I can give you so many names, but I won’t do it. I do not need it. Again, this is their problem.

Was there a large sum from Kuban?

– 500 thousand dollars.

– With the dollar exchange rate for 2008 – not bad at all. Especially for the First League.

– For a team that wants to enter the RPL, this is not such a lot of money. Of course, it’s terrible that it is. But this is life, such a system has been built. We will not remake it, maybe only over time, Kanchelskis told Match TV.