Former Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk player Andriy Kanchelskis, who has been living in Russia for a long time, has spoken about the degradation of Russian footballers.
"In the USSR there were many talented players, but only a few played. Now there are few talented players, and they don't want to play. I didn't sit on the bench, I played football. And they are happy with everything, they are satisfied with what they have. They're fine, they have a contract. So they will sit on the bench all their lives and will not play anywhere.
There are a lot of factors that affect the brains of footballers now. So many of them lack screws in their heads, and now there are agents and other factors. But they live well - they do not want to play, only degrade, but they get money," - quotes Kanchelskis "Championship".