Raymond Brothers Make Up CSKA Moscow Offer

September 5th, 2008 by Andrew Wamboldt

The general manager of CSKA Moscow talked with the Russian news agency, Советского спорта, to dismiss the Ben Gordon rumors. In recent days, Greek news sources were reporting that Ben Gordon had recieved an offer from CSKA Moscow worth $5.5 million net.

Here is what CSKA Moscow general manager, Андрею Ватутину (Andrei Vatutinu), had to say about the situation:

Это грязная газетная утка, – сказал Ватутин. – Никаких переговоров с Гордоном мы не ведем. В данный момент почти все работники офиса находятся в отпуске. Я сам нахожусь на каникулах во Франции и ничего о Бене Гордоне не слышал.

This translates to

“This is a dirty, baseless newspaper rumor”, said Ватутин. “In no way have we had negotiations with Gordon. At the present moment almost all our employees are on vacation. I myself am on vacation in France and have not heard anything about Ben Gordon.”

So unless the unlikely scenario of Gordon’s agents negotiating directly with the owners is occurring, this is just another rumor that the Raymond Brothers made up and circulated throughout the press to try to gain leverage against the Bulls.

Basically the story in a nutshell is, Gordon’s agent, Raymond Brothers, fed Nikos Zabaras, a reporter for contra.gr, a made up story about Gordon receiving an offer from CSKA Moscow.

Source: Советского спорта