The legendary football player and CSKA coach Asparuh Nikodimov is skeptical that the red team can achieve success led by a coach from abroad. According to various reports, the favorite for the position at this time is Paulo Bento, as the Portuguese would receive a colossal salary by domestic standards. Paro, under whose leadership CSKA eliminated European champions such as Nottingham and Liverpool, and reached the 1/2 final of the European Cup in 1982, admitted that no one from the club has sought him out for advice, and there is a suspicion that some of the managers may not even know who he is.
Nikodimov was laconic in front of “Tema Sport“ why CSKA lost the Bulgarian Cup final against Ludogorets. “In a nutshell, there is no team, you can't play a whole match and not have at least one or two scoring chances“. Then Nikodimov answered whether he was sought after by people from the club: “No, no one has sought me out for advice. Why should they seek me out, they have their own heads, they certainly know about football, since they are there. The new directors may not know me at all, so…“
Our most successful club coach is not convinced that Bento or another foreigner would be the right move for the coaching helm, which will be vacated by Alexander Tomas in a few days.
“CSKA has extremely rarely had success with foreign coaches, that's all I will say“. Nikodimov added that the 31-time champions' squad should include classier Bulgarian footballers, and foreigners should be carefully selected. “CSKA should have the best Bulgarian players, plus a few classy foreigners. It's better to take two or three foreigners and pay more money than to take 7-8-10, who are cheaper and of lower quality. Because quality and price go together“, added Asparuh Nikodimov.