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Andrey Arshavin
Former footballer of the Russian national team and Zenit Andrei Arshavin called the reasons for the unsuccessful performance of Russian clubs in European competitions in the 2020/2021 season. The interview with the athlete was published on Nobel Arustamyan's YouTube channel.
According to 39-year-old Arshavin, domestic football “rolled back ten years.” The former Zenit player said that weaker legionnaires began to come to the Russian championship, and the clubs received less funding. “Contracts from broadcasts in England are generally astronomical, and they are growing everywhere, then here they only decrease,” Arshavin emphasizes.