MOSCOW, Jan 11 2016 Olympic champion in modern pentathlon Alexander Lesun said that he does not like Russian football due to inflated salaries. According to the pentathlete, Russian football players show a poor level of play, but people continue to follow them.
& # 34; I do not like Russian football. All our players with such huge salaries would be against the wall. The Russian Championship is not a game for me. I can't understand how they play at such a bad level for that kind of money. This is something incomprehensible to me. Our people honor sports heroes only once every four years during the Olympic Games. And they are ready to talk about football players at least every day. If they were heroes, then okay, it would be possible to fill all the broadcasts with them. If not, then don't pay them that much, «Lesun said in an interview with Gazeta.Ru.
Lesun is also a four-time world champion and four-time European champion in modern pentathlon.