President of the Russian Futsal Association (AMFR) Emil Aliyev in a conversation with spoke about the substantial interest in national team players Anton Sokolov and Artem Niyazov from Portuguese and Spanish clubs.
Sokolov has played for Sinara Yekaterinburg since 2016, with whom he won the Russian Championship in 2021. Niyazov has played for the Communist Party of Moscow since 2018. Both players of the Russian national team have won silver medals at the Russian Championship. Europe 2022.
FIFA has extended its authorization for foreign players and coaches to suspend their contracts until June 30, 2023.
– And we have precedents for the suspension of contracts, the termination of relations. At the end of the winter transfer window, we had 26 foreign players in the bid. This represents around 20% of the total number of Superleague players. And this geopolitical situation has not been the subject of a mass exodus of legionnaires. As a result, eight legionnaires left our championship for one reason or another. Some lacked contracts, others because of the political situation. After all, Ukrainian footballers also played with us: Yevhen Ivanyak, Volodymyr Razuvanov. They are very positive and good guys who have proven everything with their work, like professionals. But we understood how difficult it was for them to be under this pressure, and everyone approached the situation in a reasonable way – they let the players go.
We are now off season. But I’m sure clubs with big ambitions won’t have any problems with foreign players. (In Super League, four legionnaires are allowed in the app and three on the pitch – “”). There is a Latin American market – Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay. In addition, there is the confidence of the same Europe – the Spaniards and the Portuguese are ready to come and play in our championship. Everyone knows it’s quiet here and they pay here. In terms of financial support, we only compete with the Spanish league and a few Portuguese clubs. Today our league is one of the best in Europe in every respect. And our sports component is at a high level. Gazprom-Yugra, who took seventh place in the regular championship, eventually became the champion of Russia.
In addition, Russian footballers are in demand in Europe. We are interested in Anton Sokolov from Portuguese “Sporting” and Artem Niyazov from Spanish club “Valdepeñas”. These players showed themselves perfectly and brilliantly at the last European Championship. With Ivan Chishkala, Benfica recently extended the contract. That says a lot.
Source : MatchTV
