MOSCOW, April 2 Avangard Omsk general manager Alexey Volkov said, that the Canadian forward of the team Korban Knight has a proposal from the club to extend the contract since December. Earlier, the chairman of the board of directors of the club, Alexander Krylov, said that due to the situation in Ukraine, the departure of foreign players from the team was not ruled out. The Omsk club is represented by Czech Shimon Grubets (goalkeeper), Swede Viktor Svedberg (defender), Slovak Peter Tseglarik (forward) and Canadian Korban Knight (forward). In March, two Finnish defenders Oliver Kaski and Ville Pokka terminated their contracts on their own initiative.
"We parted with the legionnaires according to the regulations. The players owe the club compensation, these players have retained the rights of "Avangard",' Volkov said during a press conference following the season, the video of which was published on the official YouTube channel of the Omsk club.
«As for Grubets' contract, he has a valid contract for next season, leaving, he did not leave any hint that he would not come. Like other foreigners, he could have left us, but he did not. We hope that all political issues will be left to politicians, and sport will be out of it.We are waiting for Shimon in Omsk, we hope that he will arrive in good shape and in a good mood.Korban Knight had an offer, we parted with the fact that he is dear and important to us, we are pleased with him game, so Knight has a valid offer from Avangard since December. Let's hope that he will have the desire to return, «he added. The general manager of Avangard emphasized that the situation of each player is unique. “It’s very difficult to get into a person’s head, a lot of information came from their homeland, I don’t know how anyone perceived it. We made every effort to leave the guys, so that they understand that there are two sides of the coin. Everyone has their own truth. Guys were determined, and they cannot be persuaded. Krylov flew to Kazan, they were guaranteed security, guaranteed to leave for their countries, but this did not play any role. It was their personal decision to leave. There were many versions about threats from the federations, from people who were anti-Russian «Each player is a separate story. Our guys decided everything, and as soon as the first swallows flew from Ufa, ours also joined,» Volkov said.