MOSCOW, July 8, Vasily Bogdanov. Former president of the Moscow » Lokomotiv» Olga Smorodskaya, in a conversation with, criticized the transfer policy of the capital's football club, calling it madness.
At the end of the 2023/24 season of the Russian Premier League (RPL), players Maxim Glushenkov, Anton Miranchuk, Artem Dzyuba, Marinato Guilherme, Rifat Zhemaletdinov, Stanislav Magkeev left Lokomotiv. Earlier, the media reported that Lokomotiv captain Dmitry Barinov could continue his career in the Spanish Alaves.
«Some kind of madness is going on at Lokomotiv, and everyone is silently watching it. What are they trying to achieve — relegation to the First League? What is going on anyway? I understand that there is no money, well then take a loan. Selling off all the leaders cannot be the decision. They released Glushenkov, Miranchuk, now Barinov can leave. It’s simply impossible to replace them. The composition is formed in more than one transfer window. There are successful deals, there are unsuccessful ones, everything that happens in Lokomotiv is beyond all understanding,” she said. Smorodskaya.