Former Dynamo Kyiv midfielder Oleksandr Aliev, who attended the funeral of Artem Frankov, has expressed his opinion about the legendary journalist.
"I think you all know that Frankov always did not speak highly of me, but at the time when I saw him, we communicated very well. I read Igor Surkis' words yesterday. He really was a walking encyclopaedia. It is a pity to lose such people. He knew football very well.
It is very, very sad that Artem left at the age of 53. May he rest in peace. He and his magazine Football will forever remain in our heads and our thoughts," Aliyev said in a commentary to Youtube channel Novini.Live.