Overview
- Former sporting director Andrei Orlov claims Moreno used ChatGPT to set travel and training schedules, pick lineups and guide transfers, including an itinerary that kept players awake for 28 hours.
- Orlov says the chatbot recommended striker Artur Shushenachev, who failed to score in 10 matches before being sold to FC Aktobe.
- In a public rebuttal, Moreno states he never used ChatGPT to prepare matches, choose players or decide lineups, emphasizing that decisions were made by the coaching staff.
- He also told Spanish media he used ChatGPT only to translate between Spanish and Russian, while relying on routine video, data and scouting platforms for analysis.
- Moreno describes his September 2025 departure from Sochi as a mutual decision after inconsistent results and disagreements over sporting planning, with the allegations circulating via Orlov’s account in Russian press and international reprints.