Russian coach Leonid Slutskywho now works for China’s Shanghai Shenhua, spoke about the clubs that refused Artyom Dziuba last summer. He called the team’s managers idiots for abandoning an experienced striker simply because of his reputation.
When Dzyuba was without a team, I said: “Guys, who want to hit the jackpot, who really want the team to immediately receive a triple increase in their level, take Dzyuba. With all due respect to Akron, if Artem wasn’t here now, the team would be significantly inferior. Slutsky noted that Dzyuba’s three goals and three assists are excellent statistics for the 10 matches he has played. And the teams that don’t take him because of “oh, he has a bad reputation”… Well, they didn’t take him, but he scored for them, cornered him. Aren’t they embarrassed by the reputation that he is the best scorer in the history of Russian football of all time without a single goal? If all that outweighs the fact that he’s been on all kinds of shows, then they’re idiots! I can’t find another word.
