MOSCOW, August 24, Oleg Bogatov. Former chairman of the board of directors of the Moscow football club Lokomotiv Anatoly Meshcheryakov said that the ex-general director of the club Ilya Gerkus seeks to build his PR image by publishing false information. Herkus worked at Lokomotiv from the summer of 2016 until the end of 2018, first as president of the club, and then the CEO. On August 18, 2022, he became president of the capital's Torpedo. Earlier, Herkus said in an interview that Meshcheryakov demanded that Lokomotiv's management win European competition. «First, it was Herkus' personal decision (about leaving the club),» Meshcheryakov said. «Second story. Before that, there were other nuances of conversations, if they conducted between two people, they remain between these people. I consider this (disclosure) incorrect. If someone thinks differently and does differently, then this can be attributed to his upbringing exclusively. And third. If someone trying to build a PR image for himself on unreliable facts, then, as they say, a flag in his hands and a drum around his neck. , answering the question whether the task was to win a European trophy. Lokomotiv participated in the Champions League in the 2018/19 season. At the group stage, the «red-greens» scored three points and finished last in the group.
