“I almost got Doumbia on the team. We also discussed the transfer of Ari “- the sports director of Orenburg

Orenburg sports director Dmitry Andreev told RB Sport that Ari and Seydou Doumbia could have joined the team at different times.

Last winter transfer window, Orenburg added only one Argentine defender – Matias Perez.

“Right now, no one has been offered. But three years ago we almost took Doumbia. I even had an offer with conditions. He then played in Switzerland. I even called Slutsky and asked for his opinion. He said: “Dim, if you roll him out onto the field, he will score. But rolling it out is also a challenge.” Slutsky told stories from CSKA. Conventionally, Doumbia could not train for a week, but he was rolled out onto the field, and he scored. We didn’t risk anything back then.

At some certain stage, Ari was discussed. It was, as far as I remember, before last season. He then already played for his club in Brazil and would have gone to Russia, he was ready. But something didn’t work out,” Andreev noted.

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