Soviet Football Legend Sparks Controversy With Remarks on Russians and British Fans

Legend of Dynamo Kyiv and the USSR national team, Olympic champion of 1988 Alexey Mikhaylichenko, compared English and Russian fans in a recent interview. He also spoke about a generous offer he received in 1992 from the first president of the Russian Football Union, Vyacheslav Koloskov. Controversial Remarks on Fans The interviewer asked the former midfielder what he thought about fans from England and Scotland. "They [the Scots] are similar to ours. In general, the Scots remind me a lot of the Ukrainians. (…) The English are more prim, arrogant, self-absorbed,” Mikhaylichenko said. The journalist added that they were probably narcissistic as well, to which the former footballer agreed, continuing: "Yes, just like that Russian scum.”