He is not physically injured and he has trained, but Ukrainian international Andriy Yarmolenko will not play Premier League football with his club West Ham in Liverpool on Saturday. The striker received permission from his club to devote himself to his family and his country after Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24.
“I don’t think he’s quite ready and we want to give him every chance to do everything he can for his family and for his country. I think he just feels a bit stuck in the current situation,” his coach David Moyes said on Friday.
The striker was put on leave last week following Russia’s invasion of his country and is not ready to return to the pitch this weekend.
“Coming to training sometimes makes him feel a bit better and we try to give him some breathing room, but we also want to do everything we can for him and his family. »
The Scottish coach admitted that he felt very helpless in the face of the situation. “I feel helpless and it’s not just me as a football manager, but us as a country and people. I think we all feel like we can’t do anything. »
Moyes has never won at Liverpool in 17 attempts as a manager with Everton, Manchester United, Sunderland and West Ham.
The French championship suspends a broadcasting contract in Russia
The French football championship is suspending one of its broadcasting contracts in Russia, the Professional Football League (LFP) announced on Friday as the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian armed forces continues.
“The LFP has decided to suspend the Ligue 1 Uber Eats broadcasting contract in Russia from this day on the Match TV channel,” the French league said in a succinct statement.
Ligue 1 has another broadcaster in Russia, according to the LFP website: the Wink streaming platform, which broadcasts nine matches from the 27th day of Ligue 1 from Friday, according to its online schedule.
The English championship, whose international audiovisual rights are the highest on the planet, is also considering the suspension of its broadcasting contracts in Russia: “it is clear that they are being examined”, declared Thursday declared the Premier League chief executive Richard Masters on Thursday.
“We are reviewing (the contracts) very closely in their terms of suspension or termination,” he added. “It’s happening right now. The situation is changing rapidly. »
The Russian rights for the current Premier League season are owned by a company called Rambler and shown on the Okko streaming platform.
