“The key figure in my appointment was Rustem Fidaevich Saimanov. Those numerous conversations that we had convinced me that working at Rubin can be incredibly interesting, ”Business Online quoted Slutsky as saying.

On December 19, Slutsky signed a five-year contract with Rubin. In recent years, he worked abroad, leading the English Hull City, and then the Dutch Vitesse, from which he resigned at the end of November.

After 19 rounds, Rubin took 13th place in the RPL standings with 19 points.

Earlier, Slutsky harshly answered the jokes of Alexander Kokorin and Artyom Dziuba on Instagram.