CSKA commented on the information about coach Nikolic's departure.

Kirill Breido, communications director of the Moscow football club (FC) CSKA, announced on June 8 that the club and head coach Marko Nikolic were preparing a joint statement on the future of the Serbian specialist.

"In the near future, the club and Marko [Nikolic] will issue an official communication in order to stop the emergence of new gossip and speculation, if possible," Braido wrote on his Telegram channel.

According to him, Nikolic has excellent relations with the entire leadership of CSKA, and in the previous two days the coach talked with each of them.

"We ask you to respect both the expectation itself and the coach's decision directly," added Braido.

Nikolic took over CSKA in June 2024, and the specialist's contract with the Moscow club runs until 2026, he addsГазета.Ru ".

In the 2024/25 season, the Army team, led by Nikolic, took third place in the RPL standings and won the FONBET Cup of Russia, adds Sport-Express.

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June 7 online edition of gazzetta.gr reported, citing sources, that Nikolic will soon leave his post and move to the Greek AEK. It is clarified that the coach has already reached an agreement with the Greek club on the terms of the contract and its financial component, but AEK has not yet paid the compensation amount to CSKA.