Midfielder Dmitry Barinov he is a top-class footballer, so Lokomotiv Moscow will have difficulty finding a replacement for him. This opinion was expressed by the honorary president of the Russian Football Federation (RFU) Vyacheslav Koloskov.
Previously, Barinov moved from Lokomotiv to Moscow CSKA.
“It’s a strange transition. It seemed to me that Barinov and Lokomotiv were one. Everything was fine, Barinov did a lot, so it’s difficult to say what prompted him to change,” Koloskov said.
“Of course, this is a loss for Lokomotiv, because it is very difficult to replace a player of this level. CSKA this is a good buy. Some have lost, others have gained,” added the agency’s interlocutor.
Barinov is 29 years old. He graduated from Lokomotiv, for whose main team he played 274 matches in various tournaments, scoring 13 goals and 27 assists. As part of the club, the footballer won the Russian Cup three times (2017, 2019, 2021) and the championship once (2018) and the national Super Cup (2019).
Barinov played 23 games for the Russian national team, recording two assists. Together with the national team, he participated in the final part of the European Championship, which took place in the summer of 2021. In that tournament, the Russian team won one match out of three and could not leave the group.
