"I am pleased to announce that my long-standing dream has come true C the head coach of "Shakhtar" has become the well-known Romanian specialist Mircea Lucescu," said Akhmetov, introducing the new coach.
He also announced that the contract was signed for three years.
In turn, the new coach of "Shakhtar" noted that he had met Akhmetov a year ago and at that time, according to him, he promised to head "Shakhtar" after the end of his contract.
"Today at 11 in the morning I refused to sign a contract with "Besiktas", and at 11:30 I signed a worthy contract with "Shakhtar"," Lucescu recounted.
"I think that my international experience will help realize the dreams of the president of the football club "Shakhtar" Rinat Akhmetov. We will try to strive for Europe to start talking about us, and for them to fear us there," he noted.
as a correspondent of the "Champion" website reports from Donetsk, even on Tuesday morning there were rumors in the city that with 99% probability the new coach of "Shakhtar" would be the ex-coach of Moscow "Spartak" Oleg Romantsev.
There were also rumors that the team could be headed by the well-known coaches Bianchi and Lippi.