Belogorie Belgorod suspended the contract with Denis Biryukov

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Belogorie Belgorod suspended the contract with the volleyball player of the Russian national team Denis Biryukov until the moment he does not recover from the operation, and will start the season without new players in the lineup, according to the sports director of the Belgorod club Taras Khtey from r-sport.

Biryukov in the offseason moved to Belogorie from Dinamo Moscow. In June, the 28-year-old outside hitter played for the Russian national team in World League.

“Denis Biryukov has suspended the cooperation agreement until the moment he does not recover from the operation, and we are looking forward to his return. We are counting on Biryukov this season, he will get in shape and join Belogorie soon. We can not find a new player instead of Biryukov, we already have two foreigners, and practically there is no Russian outside hitter on the market,” – Khtey said over the phone.

Ilya Spoobets, a young player from the youth team of Belogorie, will also reply him in this season, but we still need to do a lot of work to bring him to the first team. We hope that we can manage by this four outside hitter in this season”, – added the sports director of Belogorie.

According to Khtey, the operation of Biryukov will be in the near future. “Denis is looking for a specialist, he is recommended to a couple of people, this is not his first surgery because of this trauma, he already knows how to be rehabilitated and recovered after it. The moment of recovery is very important here. Four months later, he will recover from the operation. In two cases, we are waiting for Biryukov,” – Khtey said.