“Maybe with the advent of Malyshev in Spartak a new era will come” – Nigmatullin

Former goalkeeper of the Russian national team Ruslan Nigmatullin hopes that after the appointment of the new general director of Spartak, Oleg Malyshev, a new era will begin in the club.

On Tuesday, the change of the general director of Spartak was announced. Evgeny Melezhikov, who has held this position since June 2021, left the club by agreement of the parties. Malyshev was appointed instead.

— Frequent change of leadership has never led to anything good! I think that in Spartak this is due to the search for the ideal candidate, who has not yet appeared. The Red-Whites want to compete with Zenit for gold medals. This season is a failure! Perhaps the board of directors and the owner felt that this was a mistake by the team’s CEO. I am glad that Malyshev has experience in the sports industry. Wait and see. Time will tell how successful the new Spartak experiment will be. There were few positive moments in the club this year. The situation with Promes adds image problems. Maybe with the advent of Oleg Malyshev, a new era will come. The main thing is not to spoil anything and make it better! – said Nigmatullin “Championship”.

Last season Spartak won bronze medals of the Russian championship