Former coach of Bremen Bremen this season in Latvia has issued a golden double together with FC Riga.

- Russian clubs are regularly interested in you. How do you feel about Russia?.

- Yes, everything is fine! I have so many friends in Russia. Seryozha Kiryakov, Vitya Onopko - together with them I still played for the junior team, and now they train at a high level. I communicate with everyone at the meeting, I have only the kindest memories of those times. It just so happened that life scattered us..

I live in Germany, it is very convenient for me to fly from Riga: an hour and a half - and you are at home. Riga - Bremen - there are four flights a week, so you can say that my family is always with me. And for me it is very important that relatives were with me.. And when I made the decision to head Riga, this fact was dominant.

- Is it true that some time ago you negotiated with Lokomotiv?.

- I had contacts with Lokomotiv representatives, but this is already in the past. Once again it is not worth stirring.

Conversations with Lokomotiv were a year or a year and a half ago, but when a team coach wins titles and solves tasks, what can we talk about? As a professional, I understand everything perfectly.

- Recently there was information that you want to see in Spartacus.

- That I was interested in Spartak, I learned from you - journalists. And so, there was no talk.

- And if there was a substantive interest from the Russian club, would you agree to work in Russia?.

- If there is interest, then we'll talk.