St. Petersburg, June 11, Sergey Yaremenko. Representatives of the football community in Greece and Switzerland are shocked by the appointment of Guillermo Abascal as head coach of Spartak Moscow, football agent Dmitry Selyuk said. On Friday, Spartak announced the appointment of 33-year-old Abascal as head coach of the team. Previously, the Spaniard headed the Greek «Volos» and worked as an assistant to the head coach of «Basel». Since February, Abascal has acted as head coach of the Swiss club and led the team to the silver medals of the national championship. Nevertheless, after the end of the season, Abascal was offered to go to work in the Basel youth team. “I have many friends in Switzerland. All my lawyers are from this country. Abascal has developed a terrible reputation there. «Transfer to the youth team was needed only in order not to terminate the contract and not pay a penalty. For Basel, silver is a failure. I would like to advise (sports director of Spartak Luka) Cattani to glorify this coach less. Loud words cause the opposite In Switzerland and Greece, they are shocked that this coach led Spartak,» Selyuk said. «In Spain, no one knows Abascal either. I called Barcelona and other clubs — no one knows. It's just a coach with a Spanish last name. He also worked in the Greek «Volos». In Greece I had a lot of players, I know most of the club leaders. People I trust said that Abascal did not show himself in Volos. Moreover, there is a fact: the president of «Volos» (Achilleas Beos) was in prison for organizing match-fixing. I don’t want to blame anyone, but there is such a train,” the agency’s interlocutor said. The agent said that all his sources leave bad reviews about Abascal’s work in Greece and Spain. “I trust 100% only my opinion — for this you need to watch several matches » Spartacus» under Abascal. But all my friends from Greece and Switzerland do not say anything good — only negative. Abaskal has not shown himself anywhere,» Selyuk said.
