Mistakes in preparation and forced training: what they say about the relationship between Kokorin and "Spartak"

Missing important matches and regular injuries

Spartak striker Alexander Kokorin has recently become one of the most talked about football players in Russia.

The reason is his possible conflict with the club.

The media do not exclude that the striker may change the team in the winter.

Sochi and the Italian Fiorentina are named as likely career options.

At the same time, Kokorin's masseur Sergey Kolesnikov claims that the cause of the injuries (it was the numerous injuries that influenced his relationship with the club in the current season) was the improper preparation of the player at the club.

“I was not allowed in due to age restrictions,“ Spartak ”strictly followed the instructions of Rospotrebnadzor.

I didn't get to training and games to prepare him.

Therefore, it happened.

He is no longer a young boy, we have been working for six years.

He is accustomed to certain rituals and methods of influencing himself before the warm-up ", - quotes the words of Kolesnikov" Sport-Express ".

Until recently it seemed that the striker's affairs in Spartak were gradually improving.

In the match of the 16th round with Rotor, Kokorin converted a penalty and became one of the best players in the red and white.  

However, he missed the next three meetings (with Tambov, Sochi and Zenit) due to injury.

At the same time, on December 9, three days before the confrontation with the southerners, news appeared on the official website of Spartak that the player had returned to the general group.

He was reported to have recovered from microdamage to his quadriceps.

But he never got into the application.  

Due to injuries, the striker missed the first round games with Zenit and Sochi.

In this regard, the fans perceived his absence ambiguously and obstructed the striker on social networks.

Masseur Kolesnikov then urged them "not to look for a conspiracy."

“Sasha was simply injured.

He really wanted to play with Sochi and Zenit.

It's just a coincidence.

Such a bad woman.

I already arrived in St. Petersburg, home, Sasha let me go on vacation.

I think everything will be fine with him, "- quoted the massage therapist" Championship ".

The former general director of Spartak Shamil Gazizov, who left his post in early December, also spoke on this topic.

He assured that Kokorin does not have a special clause in his contract about not participating in the matches with Sochi and Zenit.

“Of course, this is complete nonsense.

And this cannot be.

Otherwise, I would not have signed such an agreement, the club's lawyers would not have approved the deal, and Leonid Fedun himself would have opposed, ”Gazizov told Sport24. 

Heavy competition and training before the New Year

However, at that moment, according to media reports, the relationship between the club and the footballer finally deteriorated.

And on Wednesday, information appeared in the media that Spartak was forcing Kokorin to train individually until December 31, despite the tear of the quadriceps muscle of the thigh.

Allegedly, one of the team did not allow him to go on vacation.

However, the player still flew to the Maldives.

However, according to Kokorin's agent Timofey Berdyshev, the footballer's side managed to agree with the executive director of the red-and-white Yevgeny Melezhikov and the sports director of the club Dmitry Popov that the player will recover on vacation.

Allegedly, Alexander himself was ready to pay the costs of living and paying for the services of a rehabilitation therapist and physiotherapist.

Discontent of "Spartak" is understandable, because the signing of a contract with Kokorin looks like a big mistake.

In the current season, the RPL striker missed ten out of 19 matches due to injuries. In the remaining nine he spent only 364 minutes on the field, more often as a substitute.

The newcomer has only two goals from the penalty spot (to the newcomers of the RPL Khimki and Rotor) and an assist in the meeting with Krasnodar.

You can also remember the ball in the cup confrontation against Motherland. 

The Moscow club clearly expected more from Alexander, given that his salary, according to the well-known journalist and insider Nobel Arustamyan, is about € 3 million a year.

However, the 29-year-old football player, as a rule, did not look too bright. 

This was largely due to the fact that the pupil of Lokomotiv did not always find a place at the forefront of the attack.

The duo of forwards were usually scoring Ezequiel Ponce and Jordan Larsson.

Even Alexander Sobolev, who scored five goals in the current RPL season, had to stay on the bench.

Domenico Tedesco used Kokorin in his last two matches for Spartak (with Dynamo and Rotor) in a non-core position of an attacking midfielder. 

Rent in Fiorentina and return to Sochi

In the spring, the picture is unlikely to change, even if the Russian solves all his health problems, and therefore, according to media reports, the striker intends to leave the team.

However, he may stay if Tedesco leaves.

At the same time, among the options for continuing a career, the forward is called "Sochi" and "Fiorentina".

At the Russian club, he spent five months on loan in the first half of 2020 and scored seven goals in ten RPL matches.

However, the general director of the southerners Dmitry Rubashko did not confirm the information about the return of Kokorin.

“I don’t understand where it comes from.

Alexander is on a contract with Spartak.

How long can you invent and swing this topic? "

- said the functionary.

Moving to Fiorentina seems to be a much more interesting option. Allegedly, the Italian team hoped to rent a Russian, but Spartak demanded € 15 million for the forward. This information was confirmed by Berdyshev. According to him, such a price frightened off "violets".