Sochi striker Georgy Melkadze told RB Sport that the players receive a well-deserved salary.

– Recently, Kokorin said that he earned more than all other Russian football players during his career. In the comments, one could stumble upon the phrase: “Doctors and firefighters get less.” In your opinion, do footballers earn that kind of money fairly?

“I don’t think players get paid a lot. Everything is deserved. There are certain players who are overpaid, but if another player gets 10 times more, I don’t care.

– It turns out that this is not a question for football players, that doctors get less?

– Probably, it is necessary not to take away from the players, but to add money to doctors and firefighters. A person cannot come at the age of 20 and immediately become a football player. You have been training since the age of five, you give it your whole life. Until the age of 35–40, you do the same thing every day. And not everyone ends up as a football player. Therefore, the best players get more.

Melkadze is a graduate of the Moscow “Spartak”. The forward played in Tosno, Tambov and Akhmat. In 2022, he moved to Sochi.

The 25-year-old has made 18 appearances this season, scoring 5 goals and 2 assists.

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