Ukrainian footballer Andrii Kravchuk received permission from the Premier League to train at Manchester City, after he left the Russian club where he played.
Kravchuk was in Turkey, training with his team at the Moscow Torpedo, when war broke out between Ukraine and Russia, and, after his contract with the Moscow team ended, he was hired by Manchester City.
To accomplish this, Oleksandr Zinchenko intervened, sharing a dressing room with Kravchuk in the lower category of Shakhtar Donetsk.
The footballer will train with the City sub’23 team.
“I felt very uncomfortable playing for a Russian team, because my country was invaded. Leaving the team was the only possible decision. The people in Ukraine did not understand that I was going to stay there. , ”said Kravchuk, whose family is still inside. Kyiv and his brother Aleks are in the foreground.
“Every day I tell him how proud I am of him. Not just for protecting our family, but for protecting the whole country,” he added.
Despite the fact that FIFA has given the green light so that teams can sign Russian and Ukrainian players affected by the conflict, the Premier League has not allowed this type of operation and a few days ago blocked it. the arrival of Victor Moses, ex-Chelsea, at Burnley.
Source: La Verdad
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