Mikhailov on the transition to PARI NN: “If it were not for the persistence of the club and the agent, it would hardly have been possible to make the transition”

PARI NN midfielder Yaroslav Mikhailov spoke about the process of concluding a contract with the Nizhny Novgorod club.

In September, Mikhailov moved to PARI NN from Zenit-2 on loan until the end of the season.

– In general, the story began in June. From Nizhny Novgorod they showed interest, I went to train with the team for a week, but then everything was cut short. I returned to St. Petersburg, and the management said that I would not go anywhere. Although it was planned quite differently. He began to train with the main team, but played for Zenit-2. However, Nizhny kept coming back and trying to pick me up again. At the end of the transfer window, I didn’t really count on anything. Yes, and Andrey Sergeevich (Arshavin) told me to play here for six months, prove myself and then leave. But I didn’t want to stay. Was set for a new challenge. At the end of the transfer window, history resumed again.

I remember that with Zenit-2 we went to the pool to play water polo. This is the penultimate day of the transfer window. Vladislav Nikolaevich (Radimov) calls me up and says: “You are moving to KAMAZ.” It was in the morning. I think everything. I knew that negotiations were underway with PARI NN, but I considered that they had failed. Several hours pass. And they tell me that there is still an option with “PARI NN”. As a result, the documents were signed on the last day of the transfer window. I came to training, ate with friends, then – home. Next – an invitation to the office. Arrived there at 9-10 pm. 30 minutes before the end of the day the papers were signed. Thanks to my agent Vasily Golyana and the perseverance of Pari NN: if not for them, it would hardly have been possible to make such a transition, ”Championship” quotes Mikhailov as saying.

This season, Mikhailov scored two goals and made four assists in 22 matches.