“Rubin’s proposal was a surprise for me, this is no secret. I was following the situation in Russian football, saw whose names were mentioned when Rubin’s management changed. A proposal from Kazan was a real surprise and a serious challenge. People look for a challenge like this their entire lives, not everybody finds one,” – Bilyaletdinov said in an interview to Rubin’s official channel.
Formerly, Bilyaletdinov was to take Rubin for the first training session on the 11th of January, whilst it was stated that a foreigner might become a head coach.