Former Manchester United and Russian national team footballer Andrei Kanchelskis believes that the signing of an agreement on cooperation in the field of refereeing between the Russian Football Union (RFU) and the Saudi Arabian and Qatari Football Federation is a waste of money.

On Tuesday, on the “Rules of the Game” program on the MATCH PRIME channel, the chairman of the RFU refereeing committee, Pavel Kamantsev, announced the signing of an agreement on cooperation in the field of refereeing with the Saudi Arabian Football Federation. He also said that the RFU would soon conclude similar agreements with Belarus and Qatar.

“Perhaps this is relevant at the moment.” But it is important to understand which countries the judges will be from. We have terrible refereeing now. I can’t understand what they’re doing with VAR – are they playing cards or are they blind? Why do we need VAR if they can’t see children’s mistakes? Judges are afraid to judge. Maybe foreign judges will bring something to the table.

Are we talking about judges from Qatar and Belarus? Get it over with! You can also invite someone from Honduras or Venezuela. If we are talking about this, then the judges must be from England, Germany, Italy – otherwise what is the point? It will simply be a waste of money. You don’t even need to experiment. Is there football in Qatar? They have now raised their media profile only at the expense of famous football players. With all due respect, these are not exactly football countries.

When non-football people sit in football federations, non-football decisions are made. They sit there and do crossword puzzles. There are just a few football people there. What can you talk about with non-football people? If they make such decisions, then it is a shame. Let them study history, what kind of football countries there are,” “Championship” quotes Kanchelskis as saying.

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