Portuguese football agent Paulo Barboza responded to the statements made by agent German Tkachenko regarding the transfer of CSKA and Uzbekistan national team midfielder Abbos Fayzullayev to the 'Benfica' team. German Tkachenko had stated that 'Benfica' did not want this transfer.
"Why is Tkachenko speaking openly about this? If he is saying that, then it must be true. German is a highly qualified specialist in agency activities. It is inappropriate to talk about Russophobia, as I cannot imagine Abbos fitting into 'Benfica'.
'Benfica' operates solely on one principle – sports interest and nothing else. There were disagreements between Ruy Costa and former coach Schmidt. There is no Russophobia in Portugal, and that is important. Costa has many friends from Russia, the issue was related to sports," Barboza said.
