Everton have problems creating chances - Spartak Moscow-bound Diniyar Bilyaletdinov

The departing Russian believes it is difficult for foreign players in England and is looking forward to playing an open style of football back in his home country

26 Jan 2012 00:23:00

By Ryan Benson

More On :  Everton, Spartak Moscow, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, David Moyes
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New Spartak Moscow midfielder Diniyar Bilyaletdinov believes Everton have failed to play attractive football and create enough scoring chances.

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The Russian has returned to his native country after two-and-a-half-years in Liverpool without holding down a place in the first team and scoring just nine goals in his time at Goodison Park.

The midfielder is believed to have cost Spartak somewhere in the region of £4 million, a fee that sees Everton lose about £5m, but the former Lokomotiv Moscow man is pleased to be moving to a club that plays expansive, open football.

Speaking to reporters, Bilyaletdinov said: “Naturally, it [the open football] attracts me. This is exactly what Everton have been missing lately.

“The team has problems with creating scoring chances, and converting them.”

“There was a whole set of circumstances against me,” he claimed. “It is not so easy to be a foreign player in England.

“They must meet certain requirements. What is forgiven locals is not for foreigners.

“But on the whole I am satisfied with the English stage of my career. I got invaluable experience from playing in the Premier League.

“And off the pitch, there were positives: during this time I learnt the language, got married, met many interesting people.”

Bilyaletdinov’s father was critical of Moyes’ tactics too, claiming the Scot is the reason for his more creative players stagnating over the past few years, an effect of his apparently over negative decisions.

Bilyaletdinov senior said: “If he [Moyes] had got more out of his defensive players, then his creative players wouldn’t have dropped off so much in recent years.”

The new Spartak signing is in line to make his competitive debut for the club when the Russian season starts on March 4 as Rubin Kazan visit the Luzhniki.

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