Malkhaz Asatiani who is in Moscow to solve visa problems stated in interview with “Sport-Express” that he hoped to find a new club while summer transfers.
- How do you feel after leaving “Lokomotiv”?
- This is football and if they do not want to work with you anymore you should not worry about it. I am not disappointed. If they had extended contact I would have continued playing for “Lokomotiv” with great pleasure. I found my club in Cherkozovo. Unfortunately, I have lost it. Perhaps, it is destiny.
- Did you have some variants to continue your career?
- I refused all foreign suggestions. I get used to Russian Premier League and I wanted to stay there. I expected some suggestions but they did not show up.
- Are not any clubs interested in you?
- I received call from Makhachkala but I denied it – I was thinking about other variants.
- Do you have a feeling of regret that you do not play with Roberto Carlos now?
- First of all, one phone call does not mean that I was invited. Besides that, I have not talked to head coach Gadzhi Gadzhiev.
- First League clubs of Russia are still looking for players. Are not you interested in them?
- If I were 20 years old I would play in one of those clubs. I do not mean that it is not my level but my heart does not want to play there.
- Perhaps you thought that Yuri Syomin, head coach of “Dynamo” Kyiv would help you again.
- We have a good relationship and Syomin is interested in my destiny. I know that “Dynamo” is already formed. Of course, I would have played for “Dynamo” with great pleasure. I will always remember the time when I played there.
- What do you hope now?
- Summer transfers. Perhaps, someone will invite me. Everyone knows that I play football with my whole heart.
- Do you train now?
- Unfortunately, individually. Of course, I know that I am losing playing form but I hope I will restore it soon.
- Have not you tried to train with any clubs from Second Division? You have friends in Russia…
- Perhaps, this will be solution but I do not know which club I should apply to. Thank to Temur Ketsbaia, head coach of Georgian national football team, who called me up in spite of that I was without club. I know that he could not rely on me against Croatia and Israel but he wanted me to be with the team. So, he hopes that I will play in the national team again. I was making documents in Russia and that is why I could not arrive.
- Do you plan to play in any Georgian clubs?
- Not yet but it is difficult to say how my career will continue.
Lasha Tabagari
