Famous agent and expert Vyacheslav Zakhovaylo commented on the rumors that the head coach of the Ukrainian national team, Serhiy Rebrov, may take over the Greek club Panathinaikos.
Vyacheslav Zakhovaylo— Whoever is writing about Panathinaikos is just making things up. Currently, Serhiy Rebrov is the head coach of the Ukrainian national team. In this context, everything else is just cheap speculation from journalists. That’s my personal opinion. When there is a coach, he doesn’t engage in negotiations. It’s a taboo for coaching work. Everything our journalists write is nonsense.
— But it’s not just our journalists — Greek ones are also saying that Rebrov is almost persuaded to go there.
— Our journalists and Greek journalists are no different from each other. Just show-offs. I’m telling you this as a professional.
— There is information that this issue with Rebrov needs to be almost coordinated with the Office of the President of Ukraine.
— That’s even more showboating. Why should he coordinate this with the President’s Office? A friend, a relative, a brother — it’s just a circus. Journalists have nothing better to do than write nonsense.
They took this guy from Dynamo, Blenutse, and started pressuring him. Are there no more important topics? Well, he posted something. Considering where he lived, what could be on this guy’s mind? All I hear is «vatnik,» «vatnik.» There were half the country’s vatniks. In this case, I’m only for justice. It may be hard, but there is a limit to everything.
— Okay, let’s return to Rebrov. Yes, he is the current coach, but the current cycle for the national team is, to put it mildly, struggling.
— That’s a different question — a sports one. There are certain logical answers to this. Those who observe see it, and so do all experts involved in football. It doesn’t just happen by itself. That’s why there are specific reasons. And the reasons are not just about one head coach. The head coach of the main team does not train players daily. They gather, so to speak, once in a blue moon, for a camp. And they work on their program. Qualified players gather there. If the current core of the national team is out of shape for various reasons — someone is not making the squad, there are mini-crises in clubs, players are not in the right condition, not in the right form — then what do you expect from the head coach? That in three or four days, when the team has gathered, he will work miracles? I always say — look at things soberly. There’s no need to seek some kind of scandal or nonsense in everything.
Yes, readers are interested in reading gossip on the fence, but it’s all even funny. You ask for my opinion — I respond. And I am for stopping all this nonsense in a normal, civilized way. In any case, if a journalist honestly asked, asked the opinion of those involved in football, expert opinion, he has the right to express the opinion of these experts. And I’m convinced that it will be interesting for all your listeners or subscribers to read. That’s the whole situation.
