MOSCOW, September 13. The agent of Nizhny Novgorod striker Timur Suleymanov Vadim Shpinev accused Lokomotiv general director Vladimir Leonchenko of disrupting the player’s transfer to the club.
Suleymanov is a graduate of Lokomotiv, he played for the team until 2021, after which he moved to «Nizhny Novgorod.»
«»The main problem with Timur's transfer is the personality of the general director Leonchenko. At all meetings he says that this football player is not at the level of Lokomotiv. But the question immediately arises of how it was possible to sign such players , like Rakognac, Mampassi, etc., and at the same time claim so? Leonchenko carried out these transfers and brought these people to the club. It was Leonchenko who insisted on Suleymanov leaving the club, but signed Nikitin from Fakel, who never did not play for Lokomotiv. If Timur successfully returns to the club, Leonchenko will sign of his professional incompetence,” Shpinev told Sport Express.
In addition, the agent accused the functionary of wasting “tens of millions of euros.”
“ “Leonchenko is not needed for Timur to succeed. Then everyone will see that his ambitions and professional qualities are close to zero,” he added.
Leonchenko was appointed to the post of General Director of Lokomotiv in December 2020.