photo author: FC “Arsenal” (Tula)
The striker of the Tula club gave a scandalous interview about his time with Russian clubs.
At the time of his appearance in the vastness of the Russian Premier League, George Despotovich looked like another legionnaire, to whom the club assumes the “not fat” principle. The statistics of the Serb in the championship of Kazakhstan, where he spent the last years, were not very impressive, and, in principle, the championship of this country is largely a mystery for fans of Russian football. But in two seasons in Orenburg, George established himself as a carrier of a constant threat to the opponent’s goal and, it would seem, sought promotion – Rubin Kazan. The club from the capital of Tatarstan failed in that championship, but they began to talk about Despotovich in even more enthusiastic tones. 13 goals in a season is a mark, even if he is not a great teacher, but for a team relegated from the elite, it is a real event. Many expected that the Serb would lead Rubin to return to the RPL, but he left for Tula. As a fiery interview Despotovich gave to the Sport24 portal shows, he had many reasons for taking this step.
PERSONAL ANMOSITY
George hasn’t been particularly shy with his writing before, including in communicating with fans. Many people remember how, after the defeat of the Polish Rakuva Rubin, he harshly responded to one of the critics, mentioning his parents. Now Despotovich gave full vent to emotions. He spoke categorically about the departure of Leonid Slutsky and said that when the former head coach of the Russian national team left the Kazan club, this was an occasion to open champagne. After that, he completely called Slutsky a “70% girl”, crossing a certain invisible line, which, however, must be observed in an official conversation, which is undoubtedly an interview. Besides. Oleg Kononov also got it from the Serbian attractiveness: George literally said that he did not consider the former mentor of Spartak and Tula Arsenal to be a coach, accusing him of having favorites in the team, to whom Kononov allegedly spends most of his time. he. There were also positive reviews about the people he worked with in Russia in the striker’s scandalous interview, but in general they all disappeared in the stream of criticism he showered on the interlocutor.
photo author: FC “Arsenal” (Tula)
WHO ARE THE JUDGES?
Even if you try to ignore the tone that Despotovich chose for a conversation with a media representative (by the way, a girl), a reasonable question arises: how much right does a football player have to such assessments. Especially considering his statement that he plans to continue acting in Russia and hopes to obtain citizenship of our country in the future. Remembering the old proverb, spitting in a well rarely leads to a positive result. Therefore, for Despotovich, if in the future he plans to act in the RPL and live in our country, it would be much better if this conversation took place somewhere away from the tape recorder and in an informal setting. But what’s done is done, and now the leaders of the leading Russian clubs will think several times about whether it is worth inviting a footballer who, at the first conflict situation in the style of another notorious striker, will call someone “coach”. ”.
