Boris Rotenberg: Lokomotiv should always be first”

General Director of Moscow Lokomotiv Boris Rotenberg said that his task in his new post is to create a team united by common goals, and also noted that the club must set the highest goals for itself.

On Wednesday, Lokomotiv announced the appointment of Rotenberg to the position of general director of the club. The former railway football player replaced Vladimir Leonchenko in this post.

— Lokomotiv should always be first. My task is to create a team that is friendly and knows why it is working. It is impossible to work at Lokomotiv if we are not united. It is very important for me that everyone understands this. And the main thing is to understand that the future begins here,” Rotenberg said at a meeting with the team; the video was published by the press service of the “red-greens.”

Rotenberg is 39 years old, he played for Lokomotiv, Dynamo Moscow, Rostov and other clubs. As part of the Moscow team, he became the champion of Russia and a three-time winner of the Russian Cup.

Lokomotiv, coached by Mikhail Galaktionov, after 15 RPL rounds scored 30 points and ranks fourth in the standings. The team is separated from the leading Krasnodar by 3 points. The railway workers continue to fight in the playoffs of the FONBET Russian Cup.

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