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Four Russians for MSC

By Ahmed Ahsanuzzaman
Four Russian loo (bailers will play for last year’s runners-up Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club in the forthcoming Premier Division league
Russian trio of Boris Kuznetsov. Abdou Rahimov and Nabikov— ail from Moscow Spartak— donned in the Mohammedans colours last year.
But none of them — not even Rahimov, the highest scorer of the last league — will feature in the Mohammedans squad this year, according to Anwarul Huq Helal, a senior Mohammedan official.
In a telephonic conversation with The Daily Star last Monday Helal — a former joint secretary of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) — confirmed that Mohammedans would present some "unknown faces" in the upcoming league.
’Not only are they unknown to us. they arc less known even to the Russians." Helal stressed.
Helal, who had visited Russia last month and confirmed the services of the now-extinguished Soviet Union's youth football coach Nikolai Smirnov for Mohammedans for the whole year, however, failed to name these players
"I don't know yeL All I can say right now Is that they will be neither from Moscow Spartak nor from Moscow Torpedo, ' Helal said
The defending First Division league champions Abahani Krira Chakra last year received the services of three players - Sergei Zhulkov. Alexi Arifiev and Alexander Poiin-kov— from the latter-named club
The players may even be recruited from the St Petersburg League or from the Kharkov or Kiev leagues,' the Mohammedan football secretary said when asked to elaborate his point.
The newly-appointed Rus stan coach may make the preliminary selection but Mohammedan officials will see the players for themselves before signing them up.
‘ "Either I or manager Abdus Salam Murshedl will make a visit to Russia soon after the completion of the filter- club players’ transfer, scheduled to begin from March 1. Helal affirmed.
"After Ihe much talked about transfer we will be in a position to ascertain the weakness in the squad and then try to make It up by recruiting the four Russians. Helal explained
Helal, one of the many First Division club officials who wants that both erftket and football be played at the Dhaka Stadium and is adamant not to involve In the players' transfer proceeding until the authori ties come up with a positive annbuncement in this connection, never the less told this correspondent that two of the four Russians would be mid fielders ,
"Let time come and you II know everything quipped the Mohammedan official when he was asked to throw some llgh< on Mohammedan s local recruits
However, a source close to the Mohammedan tent told The Dally Star yesterday that the title aspiranta had already made the primary selection of local players
According to that source, only eighl players from the last squad will possibly be retained this year They are goalkeeper Sayeed Hassan Kanan; defenders Kaiser Hamid. Jewel Rana. Shaminf. Tito and Barun Dewan; winger Syed Rumman bin Wali Shabblr and striker Imtiaz Ahmed Naquib
Veteran mid fielder Imtiaz Sultan Johnny and forward Mahbubur Rahman Roxy are likely to be dropped.
Mohammedans will also sign up five or six talented young players, who played with distinction tn and outside the country last year to form a real good and fighting team
"Although Mohammedans will go will out to regain the title, they will not recruit more than sixteen local play ers, ’ told the source.
Sixteen good local and four foreign playersl That really* makes a good stufF. said the source with a note of deep sat is faction.