Sushinsky considers the participation of ex-football players in the KHL All-Star Game funny

Alexander Mostovoy / Photo: © Denis Bushkovsky / Match TV

Hockey world champion Maxim Sushinsky called the participation of ex-football players Andrei Arshavin, Roman Shirokov, Dmitry Sychev and Alexander Mostovoy in Fonbet Hockey Stars Week 2023 ridiculous.

Fonbet KHL Stars Week 2023 will be held on December 9 and 10 in St. Petersburg at the new SKA Arena. Earlier it became known that Sychev, Arshavin, Mostovoy and Shirokov will become assistant head coaches in the upcoming event.

— Will the players be at the KHL All-Star Game? Funny. But it will attract new fans. Obviously, the league is trying to attract more attention with these methods and they are already succeeding. I don’t see any contradictions here.

Why not see how the football players perform in hockey? Hockey will give them a new impetus in the media space. The KHL is having fun – and doing the right thing,” Sport24 quotes Sushinsky as saying.

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