Polissya President Gennady Butkevich answered the question whether he was satisfied with the financial conditions of the transition of the 21-year-old left defender of the Zhytomyr team Artem Smolkov to Los Angeles, which took place in February this year.
-In the winter season, Artem Smolyakov’s transition to the American “Los Angeles”-the first in the history of Polesie, for which the club received money. He moved to Polesie in July 2023 from Ingulets for € 150 thousand. Sold for € 2 million. Happy?
– Yes, of course. Each such success is evidence that we build the right development strategy, not only in terms of sports results, but also in the financial aspect – says a fragment of Butkevich communication with the edition of Forbes Ukraine UA.Tribuna.com.
It should be noted that Smolyakov has already played 6 matches in MLS for Los Angeles, scoring 1 scored ball.
Source: Sport.ua