Former Lokomotiv Moscow president Nikolai Naumov has launched a furious attack on departing technical director Ralf Rangnick.
Rangnick is on the brink of leaving Loko to become caretaker manager of Manchester United.
"It's not about Manchester. For Rangnick, this is no escape, betrayal, or disgrace. Rangnick is a merchant," Naumov told Match TV.
"He absolutely does not care about football, because he only does business around him. And the more countries, leagues and football clubs he covers, the more he will earn.
"He's absolutely indifferent to Lokomotiv. He did not come here to raise football, but to earn money.
"Now he was offered money elsewhere, and he and his company will go to United. When he's offered to work in Africa, he will go to earn money there, leaving his deputy at Manchester United. Clean business."
The terms of Rangnick's contract mean he will stay on for a further two years in a consultancy role once his time as interim boss at Old Trafford come to an end.
But Naumov added: "I will never believe that Manchester United will let him enter the club as a whole agency.
"As a coach – yes, he is an experienced specialist, it can be. I doubt that even as a consultant he will have the opportunity to do his own 'buy and sell'. We'll see what will happen to Rangnick in six months."
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