Tahir Gozal, the president of "Qarabag", has revealed the reason why they didn't sign a new striker for the UEFA Champions League main stage matches. Sport24.az reports with reference to "Telegraf" that the club official stated that this was due to financial reasons.
"If we pay more than the value of a player worth one million, the club will go bankrupt in a few years. Gurban Gurbanov never agrees to pay more than the value for those players. Even if the players in the squad receive an offer of fifteen million right now, we will not release them. Instead, Gurban considers it more appropriate to bring three different players to separate positions. I believe in Musa and Nariman. Toral Bayramov's goal against "Bodo-Glimt" last year fascinated me. Last time, Musa Gurbanli's goal against "Ferencvaros" as soon as he entered the field pleased me. I believe that we will see such goals again this season," said Tahir Gozal in his statement.
It should be noted that although "Qarabag" held negotiations with attacking players such as Andre Clovis, Olavio Juninho and Sambo Sumano, the transfers did not take place at the last moment.