Czech striker Ostap Safin will refuse the Czech national team to enter the Russian national team in the future, he will not have the status of a legionnaire, Rafik Yakubov, sporting director of the Togliatti club, told .
SATURDAY “Lada” announced that she had agreed a trial contract with striker Safin. In 2017, Edmonton selected him in the fourth round of the NHL Draft with the number 115. From 2017 to 2022, the forward played in North America. Last season, Safin played in the Czech Republic and played 43 games for Sparta Prague in the Extraliga, scoring 14 points (9+5) with +5 utility.
– He has two nationalities – Czech and Russian. Now he refuses the Czech team so that he can break into the Russian team in the future. He no longer has the status of a legionnaire, since he did not play for the national team of the Czech Republic – only for various junior and junior teams. We took it on such a condition,” Yakubov told a correspondent.
Source : MatchTV
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