Aras Ozbiliz and Yura Movsisyan put in for transfer
Leonid Fedun, the main shareholder and chairman of FC Spartak Moscow, has instructed the club administration to find a new team for midfielder Aras Ozbiliz and forward Yura Movsisyan, Russian Izvestia newspaper writes. The source says Fedun’s decision followed a conflict between the Armenian footballers and ethnic Turkish coach of FC Spartak, Murat Yakin. Recently, Movsisyan criticized the tactic of the Turkish coach and Ozbiliz complained that he had been sent to Spartak-2 and was constantly among reserve players. Yakin’s decision to move Ozbiliz from the main team caused a stir in Russia as the Turkish specialist told the midfielder the news on April 24, he day when Armenians around the world marked the centennial of the genocide of their forebears in the Ottoman Empire. Many in Russia explained Yakin’s decision by the strained relations between Armenia and Turkey.
