Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Nikolai Valuev believes that currently the players “Zenith » Malcolm and claudinho stronger than team players Russia in their positions.
Earlier it became known that striker Malcolm and midfielder Claudinho intend to get Russian citizenship. This information was confirmed by the press service of the Saint Petersburg club.
– Malcolm and Claudinho are really top players. Now they are stronger than the Russian national team players in their positions, so of course I would like to see them in our team. They only played for the Brazilian Olympic team, which gives them the right to play for national teams of other countries if they accept a second citizenship. In general, this phenomenon also has international experience – naturalized players play in the national teams of Italy and Spain.
Of course, we would like our team to have its own students, who are not inferior to the Brazilians in terms of skill. But in the years to come, in my opinion, these legionnaires will be useful to our national team if they perform on the international stage, RB Sport quote Valuev.
Malcolm has nine goals and seven assists in 15 games this season. Claudinho has one goal and four assists in 11 games.
RB Sports
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