Masalitin believes that it’s time for Dzagoev to “hang up his boots”

Former CSKA footballer Valery Masalitin believes that ex-army midfielder Alan Dzagoev will no longer be able to cope with his injury.

On Tuesday, a source told Match TV that Dzagoev is in free agent status after his contract with Rubin Kazan expired. For CSKA, he played from 2008 to 2022, becoming a three-time champion of Russia as part of the army team. Last season, the 32-year-old played 20 matches for Rubin in the MELBET First League, scored three goals and made two assists. At the end of the season, the Kazan club entered the WORLD Russian Premier League.

– It is clear that in CSKA he had constant problems because of this, somewhere something was enough for him for a maximum of half an hour, and then these injuries began to crawl out against the background of fatigue. Therefore, they did not continue contact with him. I came to Rubin, it’s the same there. So, it’s not about the teams, it’s about the player himself.

Only he decides [вопрос с продолжением карьеры] He can, he can’t. Does he feel empowered? If his injuries got there, then it makes sense to think that maybe it’s enough for the body to torment with these injuries? Any injury is a small tragedy. You are being treated again, you are not on the team again, you are not training again. This also has to be fought. So the question is – can he still endure it or not? Or really hang up the boots on a nail and do other work, – said Masalitin in a conversation with Gazeta.Ru.