This was written by football agent Alexander Manyakov on his personal Telegram channel, Offsideplus.az reports. Manyakov said that representatives of the Cypriot club contacted him for the 28-year-old midfielder, but did not accept Emin's offer:

"Many remember Emin Mahmudov from his performances for Spartak Moscow and other Russian clubs. He is now the captain of Neftchi. Emin's contract has expired, Apollon representatives contacted me. The team played in the Europa League, they really wanted to see Mahmudov in the squad. We talked, the player liked everything. The European club with ambitions is always interesting. Mahmudov finally refused to move for moral and ethical reasons. He realized that he could not betray the team he was captain of and spent several years. he thought. "