“The transfer of Tavares from Benfica to Spartak in Portugal went unnoticed” – Krytsyuk’s agent

The Portuguese agent of the Russian goalkeeper Gil Vicente Stanislav Kritsyuk Iago Fernandez said that the transfer of defender Tomas Tavares from Benfica to Spartak went unnoticed in Portugal.

– Before Tavares, two other Portuguese went to Krasnodar (Batchy and Kevin Lenini moved to the Russian club from the Portuguese Chaves in September 2022 – approx.), And no one reacted. It seems to me that their decision is dictated solely by financial reasons.

Previously, many Portuguese players loved the Russian championship. Portuguese footballers do not earn as much as Russians, so they were happy to come to Russia. The league was also very professional. Thus, they received a good salary and enjoyed high-level games against Lokomotiv, Zenit, CSKA, Spartak. Now we do not hear anything about the championship of Russia. We just don’t follow it anymore, Russian football is not broadcast on TV, so Tavares’ transfer went unnoticed,” Fernandez told Metaratings.ru.

Tavares, 22, became a Spartak player in January 2023. He played 3 matches in the WORLD RPL and 3 games in the FONBET Cup of Russia, scoring assists.

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