KAZAN, August 9, Vadim Kuznetsov. Four-time Olympic biathlon champion Alexander Tikhonov stated that he was critical of the level of the players of the Russian Premier League (RPL) and would revise their contracts in the direction of reducing salaries. Earlier, he said that he would support the appearance of the head of the Russian Ski Racing Federation, Elena Vyalbe, on the board of directors of the Moscow Spartak football club. “I would disperse all the RPL players. It’s one name, not the Premier League. With this name, you need to play better than Diego Maradona, and they … I call them “teapots.” I remember well how the previous generation of players played, I knew Lev Ivanovich Yashin well. What kind of loads did they endure! And our «dummies»? Where is the game? So many rude things! We need to make normal contracts for them and in other sports, and if there are no results, let them go to the factory or to loaders» Tikhonov said.
