- Vladimir Alexandrovich, you're not talking about your newcomers for some reason. Not yet decided?
- Not yet. I know all your questions in advance. And I have no answers to them yet.
- They will punish me.
- Write that everything is still with us. We train in the composition that won the first division. We look through the youth, go through a physical examination. December 23 will be the solemn awarding of medals. We are negotiating, considering candidates. And on January 10, before the first gathering, the news will be.
- Tell me, why did you start training so early?
- Wow! After all, the players rested for a month. No, not even a half. That's why they started.
- But after the championship another three months. During this time, you can reach the peak form five times. And six times to get into the pit.
- No, no, nobody forces the training. Now, after all, the conversation is not about chasing football players. We just want to start the fees from scratch.
- Is there an understanding that with last year’s squad you’re not shining anything in the Premier League?
- I always want to have a better selection of players. We are negotiating with the players, who, I really hope, will strengthen the team.
- But at the end of the season you said that Khimki and the current roster can adequately play among the strongest.
- I do not refuse these words. Ten to twelve people will remain with us. But beginners should be taken anyway.
- And then Khimki is now being compared with the Grozny Terek, which tried to play in the Premier League on the same baggage. He didn’t succeed.
- We will have new players. Parallels with the Terek are inappropriate.
- You visited Holland, where you gained experience together with other Russian colleagues. What have you learned?
- Nothing. They saw nothing new there. But it’s nice to know that you have worked correctly before. And there were confirmations to that. The whole difference is in the nuances. They managed to spy.
- You probably look down on your colleagues now?
“Why on earth?”
- As the champion of the first division. This is a good title. Many do not.
- Throw you. Nothing depends on the titles. It’s not for me to judge how my colleagues began to relate to me. But I have not changed. For a long time after all in sports. I understand how ghostly everything is. Now you are upstairs, and tomorrow ... I survived everything. And now the head is busy next season.
- You have signed a new contract ...
- Yes.
- Did you arrange the conditions?
“Once I signed, it means they did it.”
- Did you stipulate in the contract that they could not dismiss you just like that?
- Any coach can fire.
- But there are those that are cheaper to leave. What is your task? Is this a certain place?
- There is such a place.
- Fourteenth?
- It is too early to talk about a specific position. We must at least conduct a gathering with the team. And there are plans to build ...
Alexey Shevchenko