Khaikin decided to try himself “in a colorful championship”, says Kolyvanov

Former Russian national team player Igor Kolyvanov shared his opinion on the transfer of Russian goalkeeper Nikita Khaikin from the Norwegian Bodø Glimt to the English Bristol City, which plays in the Championship.

On Wednesday evening, Haykin officially became a player for Bristol City. The contract of the 27-year-old Russian is calculated until the end of the season. Previously, he played for Boude-Glimt, and since January 1 he has been a free agent.

The main thing is that he plays. If everything suits him, then everything is fine. Khaikin is a good goalkeeper, he played in the Champions League. Will save the new team from relegation from the Championship. He has his whole career ahead of him, he is quite young. I wanted to try myself in a more colorful championship, – Kolyvanov told Gazeta.Ru.

Khaikin has been playing for Boude-Glimt since 2019 and twice became the champion of Norway with this team. This season, Bode-Glimt played in the group stage of the Europa League, and in the spring they will play in the playoffs of the Conference League. Matches of the Champions League, the Europa League and the Conference League are shown live by the federal channel Match TV, as well as the thematic channels of the holding and the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.