Kushchenko: VTB League Clubs Spending More Carefully
VTB United League president Sergei Kushchenko says ticket revenue is helping offset player wage costs amid a tighter economic climate for clubs.
Sergei Kushchenko, president of the VTB United League, says clubs across the competition have become far more careful with money, and points to ticket revenue as one reason wage budgets have held up despite a difficult economic climate.
Ilona Korstin, the League's general director, said clubs have also grown sharper at judging value for money on transfers and wages.
Neither official gave figures for how far spending has fallen or which clubs have been affected. If the trend holds, it points to a league where transfer business is decided less by who can spend the most and more by who reads value the best.
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