We called the legendary Russian coach of the 90s in Tallinn Valery Ovchinnikovwho has been living in Estonia for a long time, to get his opinion on the transfer adventure.
– Valery Viktorovich, 500 thousand actually for three months – not too much?
– It’s like a scale: on one side are the club’s opportunities, on the other side are the player’s requests. For a player of Dziuba’s level, half a million is normal.
– He has already fallen strongly in requests after 1.5 million in Turkey.
– And the club did not write to him in the contract how many goals he should score before the end of the season?
– Well, we don’t know. Let’s say you are the president of a club from Nizhny Novgorod. Especially since you were already one in the 90s. How would you talk to Dziuba?
– First of all, I would cut off the requested amount of interest by 60. I would explain that after all the adventures in Turkey, signing a contract is the most important opportunity for him to restart his career. After that, he will be able to play for another two or three years.
– Completely agree with your logic. If he doesn’t find a team now, in August Artyom will be 35, missing a whole season at that age is fraught.
– I think Russian clubs will keep Dziuba in the dark until the very flag, until the transfer window closes. And then someone will say it.
– And the contract will be small, because Artyom has nowhere to go.
– More or less like this. Now there is an operation – they caught a mouse, we are trying to finish it off slowly.
– There is also information that the Chinese are offering Dziuba a contract with a salary of 2 million rubles.
– This is fine. Have you ever been to a Chinese provincial city? Not? There live 10-15 million, it is enough to put a hat around in a circle and gain a couple of million quickly. From a financial point of view, China is the right place.
Everything has changed since the pandemic. Nobody pays big millions. The stars have departed.
– Here Dzyuba will revive the Chinese fairy tale.
– What advice would you give Artem now? A month later, the season begins, he misses the preparatory camp.
– I think he trains individually, for sure, he hired a physical training coach. What to advise? If there is such an offer from the Chinese for 2 million, there is an opportunity to earn money, you have to go.
– They say that Dzyuba has earned so much that he does not need money. He just wants to play.
– Do you need money? I have not met such people.
