“It seems to me more appropriate to reformat the Russian Cup - to introduce a group stage with home and away matches, like in the Champions League.
The idea of the RPL Cup can be finalized and returned to it next season, ”RIA Novosti quotes Arshavin.
On May 24, a meeting of the RFU Executive Committee was held, following which it was decided to maintain the current RPL format with 16 teams and two circles with the addition of the League Cup.
The media reported that sponsors are ready to invest more than 3 billion rubles in the League Cup.
Telesport plans to pay about 2.5 billion rubles for media rights.
The remaining 500 million rubles will be paid by one of the bookmakers.
Earlier, Orenburg told why they did not support the idea of holding the RPL Cup.