Ex-coach of Shakhtar categorically denied the words of Neri Castillo that he was not allowed to go to his parents' funeral.

On the eve of an interview with Neri Castillo, in which he spoke about the fact that he did not want to go to Shakhtar, he also accused Mircea Lucescu of not letting him go to his mother’s funeral. Football. ua contacted Lucescu to hear his comment on this.

- Neri Castillo recently stated that you did not let him go from Shakhtar to his mother’s funeral. This is true?

- It is not true. I believe that family is much more important than football. He did not show his football, but I did not forbid him.

- Why do you think he said that?

- Perhaps he was not satisfied (? We took him from Olympiacos as a good player, but he could not compete with our Brazilians. I don’t know why he said that.. Maybe he was upset that he could not give the team what we expected from him, could not become the main.

I then helped him leave Shakhtar. I talked with Sven-Heran Erickson so that Neri moved to England. I thought England would stimulate him a lot more.

I would not like to talk about Castillo's words anymore.

Eugene Music, Football. ua Author: Eugene Music.