The Torpedo club has lost a good manager in the person of Ilya Herkus, football functionary Yuri Belous told RB Sport.

On Wednesday, Torpedo announced that Herkus would leave the club on March 1. Yaroslav Savin will become the club’s president from March 2.

“It would be better for me to evaluate the work of Herkus at Lokomotiv, and not at Torpedo, because he spent more time there,” said Belous. – Herkus worked great at Lokomotiv, the team became champions under him. Despite some difficulties with the coaching staff, he found a common language. Club “Torpedo” has lost a good manager. It would be possible to evaluate the work of Herkus if he worked there for two transfer windows. At the moment, Torpedo is a clear outsider. If earlier I could tell Ilya Leonidovich and other people from Torpedo that they have a chance of salvation, today I cannot say that.

Is the departure of Herkus a recognition of the hopeless situation of Torpedo?

— Herkus is already a mature manager, he has experience. Even if the team is relegated from the Premier League, which is likely to happen, there is a chance to return in a year, to spend money on players. It is not even Herkus who is to blame for the current situation of Torpedo, but the previous leaders and coaches. What will happen next is hard to say.

Torpedo, having scored six points in 17 rounds of the WORLD of the Russian Premier League (RPL), occupies the last place in the table.

The WORLD RPL draw will resume on March 3. Watch live broadcasts of matches on the Match TV federal channel and the holding’s thematic channels, as well as on matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru websites.

• “You can sympathize with Torpedo. The club was structurally not ready to return to the RPL. Cherdantsev reacted to the resignation of Herkus