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President of FC Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukrainian business tycoon Rinat Akhmetov has said he is ready to pay salary to a famous European coach who will be willing to train the Ukrainian national football team.

“I would like to remove the issue that we do not have funds for a good specialist from the agenda. I can publicly state that if we need a very good European specialist, I am ready to pay him salary from my fund,” he told journalists in Kyiv on Monday.

Akhmetov stressed that should the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) decide to invite a well-known European coach for the national team, the salary would not be an issue.

It is more important to decide what type of a coach the national team needs and who is able to bring it to a new level, the businessman said.