Spartak definitely does not need a new goalkeeper, Nigmatullin believes

Spartak does not need new goalkeepers, the former goalkeeper of the Russian national team Ruslan Nigmatullin told Sport Day by Day.

– What positions do Spartak still need players for?

– They are definitely not needed for the position of the goalkeeper, but otherwise it’s hard to say. The situation with one of my favorite clubs is that the selection work is ongoing, but the players of the Koffrie class still come from time to time. This transfer policy is very dubious, as players are not taken for reinforcements, but for unknown reasons. How are they objectively stronger than the same Russian players from Spartak-2? It’s hard for me to say who is needed now. Zinkovsky was taken, looks like a good option. He is both Russian and a fairly qualified player. Let’s see how Zinkovsky can prove himself in Moscow. As for other positions, I have no answer to this question.

Naturally, you need a qualified player in any line. But you need to look in the domestic market to avoid such unpleasant stories as with Larsson. It seemed that they took a good football player and hoped that he was proud of playing for Spartak. Now he is glad that he will not come to Moscow. The fewer such players there are, the better for Spartak. With this act, the player indicated his attitude towards the club. It means that he did not put his soul into entering the field. And this is very important.

– You said that the position of the goalkeeper does not need to be strengthened. Is it worth hoping for Maksimenko’s progress, because Selikhov, it seems, has been the main one in the championship in recent months? Or do you need to find a third goalkeeper who will compete?

Who was third last season?

— Pigs.

– Yes, a guy with a Spartak surname came to sit in reserve for a whole season. He must have thrown away a year of his career. Now he will fight for a place in the main team of Fakel.

As for the goalkeeper, the question arises: “Why?”. The third has almost no chance to play. I think that this position should be closed by a Spartak graduate. There is a good school, there are many strong goalkeepers. No need to take someone else. I am not familiar with the work of Svinov. It is possible that he is a talented and capable goalkeeper. But I have a doubt that he is completely stronger than his peers, who are in Spartak. The same Poplevchenkov, who went to the Kuban. Every year, Spartak has goalkeepers at the level of youth teams. If you take some others, then they should be head and shoulders stronger. There is no such.

Maksimenko won the Cup this year, entering the first team. I believe that it creates a full-fledged competition. I don’t see a gap in the level of the club’s current goalkeepers. Therefore, the competition between Selikhov and Maksimenko is still ahead.

Goalkeeper Alexander Maksimenko played all four matches in the Russian Cup, conceding two goals. Spartak won the National Cup for the first time since 2003.