Head coach Leonid Slutsky rules out leaving CSKA Moscow for China – Football news
CSKA Moscow head coach, Leonid Slutsky, has rubbished the claims that he is likely to leave the Moscow-based club in order to join an unknown club in China.
The 42-year-old, meanwhile, is expecting http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Keisuke-Honda-c20516 to fulfil his current contract at Luzhniki stadium.
“Chinese football is developing rapidly, and a lot of players from Asia have already established themselves in the top clubs. I am sure that soon the football world will get to learn more about the Chinese players. I do not think I will go to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/China-c8926 as a
manager in the near future because I think it’s a risky http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684. Honda has a valid contract until the end of the year. He do not want to renew the contract. On the other hand, we do not have a right offer for the player on the table at the moment,” Slutsky was
quoted as saying.
Slutsky has been heavily linked with Chinese outfit http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Shanghai-Shenhua-c40497 after the reports in Russian media emerged that the former Uralan Elista manager wants to try his fate in a different league outside Russian Territory.
If speculations are to be believed, the owners of the Shanghai-based club want to replace http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Batista-c7379 with Slutsky given that they are not satisfied with their current manager at Hongkou Football Stadium.
Slutsky, who led CSKA to win the championship and the domestic cup last season, has been awarded the title of honoured coach of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Russia-c2991 by Russian Football Union President, Nikolai Tolstoy.
Speaking on Keisuke Honda, Slutsky said that the Japanese playmaker may leave the Russian Premier League club as a free agent in the winter transfer window given that he has entered the last year of his contract.
Honda has been linked with a move to AC Milan and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 FC this summer. News in Russian media suggests that the 27-year-old met with the representatives of the Milan-based club last week.
It is believed that CSKA will only part company with Honda should they get at least seven million Euros for the player. However, the Italian club are not willing to pay more than three million Euros for the player.
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