Former Lokomotiv football player Ivan Starkov said that the players were offered a place in the team for money. He is quoted Sport24.
According to Starkov, under Anatoly Byshovets, who led the team in 2006-2007, he and other young players were offered bribes for a place in the squad. “I don’t remember the amount. Either half of the bonus, or part of the monthly salary, ”the football player revealed the details. He noted that he refused such an offer and chose to go on loan.
Starkov played for Lokomotiv from 2005 to 2007. In 2007, the midfielder went on loan to Rostov.
In June 2021, the Ukrainian national team was accused of taking a bribe for a place in the European Championship for Manchester City player Oleksandr Zinchenko. It was reported that Shamil Gazizov, the general director of the Russian club Ufa, in which Zinchenko played at that time, considered it necessary for the athlete to play for the national team before moving to the English club, and was ready to pay the coach of the Ukrainian team a thousand dollars per minute of the player’s game . He was afraid that Zinchenko would not get permission to play in the English Premier League, since for this it was necessary to play at least 75 percent of the games for the national team over the past two years.
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