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from interview with hockey agent Yuri Nikolaev
- Negotiations with Kovalchuk are the headline of the summer. Where are you currently?
- His NHL agent is Jay Grossman, I can't speak for him. As for KHL - we are done already. I spent a week in St.Petersburg. SKA outlined their offer very clear. As Ilya's agent in Russia I agreed to their terms, now it's up to Kovalchuk.
- What are the terms?
- 4-year contract. Ilya plans for Olympics.
- What's the amount?
- Can't disclose it. [we at Sport-Express heard it's $40M]
- We keep hearing lately that Ilya is under pressure from his Mom and his wife who wants him to stay in America. Is that true?
- Believe me, Ilya makes decisions himself. Of course, as a man of the house, he listens to his family, but the final decision is his.
- When should we expect his decision?
- Any moment now. It's dificult to give predictions in this situation. But SKA can't wait to get Ilya.
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Then interview switches to other Nikolaev's clients. He says that ex-NHLer Saprykin is close to transfer from SKA to Salavat (Ufa).
Also he mentions that a club from Moscow shows interest in Slava Kozlov. He wouldn't mention which club exactly, but Sport-Express speculates it's CSKA (Red Army), since CSKA's president, Slava Fetisov, personally knows Kozlov from their Detroit days.
- Negotiations with Kovalchuk are the headline of the summer. Where are you currently?
- His NHL agent is Jay Grossman, I can't speak for him. As for KHL - we are done already. I spent a week in St.Petersburg. SKA outlined their offer very clear. As Ilya's agent in Russia I agreed to their terms, now it's up to Kovalchuk.
- What are the terms?
- 4-year contract. Ilya plans for Olympics.
- What's the amount?
- Can't disclose it. [we at Sport-Express heard it's $40M]
- We keep hearing lately that Ilya is under pressure from his Mom and his wife who wants him to stay in America. Is that true?
- Believe me, Ilya makes decisions himself. Of course, as a man of the house, he listens to his family, but the final decision is his.
- When should we expect his decision?
- Any moment now. It's dificult to give predictions in this situation. But SKA can't wait to get Ilya.
...
Then interview switches to other Nikolaev's clients. He says that ex-NHLer Saprykin is close to transfer from SKA to Salavat (Ufa).
Also he mentions that a club from Moscow shows interest in Slava Kozlov. He wouldn't mention which club exactly, but Sport-Express speculates it's CSKA (Red Army), since CSKA's president, Slava Fetisov, personally knows Kozlov from their Detroit days.
