Talent drain. Since the start of the war between Ukraine and Russia almost two weeks ago, many footballers have had to leave in a hurry. This is the case of several Brazilians from Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kiev. Frightened with their families, they gathered in a hotel in Kiev while asking their government to help them flee. They finally succeeded last Monday, since they were able to cross the borders and reach Romania.
They should return to Brazil where many teams are already ready to welcome them after the suspension of the Ukrainian championship. UOL Esporte recently explained that Botafogo had already inquired about Pedrinho (Shakhtar). In France, Jean-Michel Aulas, the president of Olympique Lyonnais also wishes to help the players affected by this war as well as their families according to the Sunday newspaper.
180 players affected by this transfer window
The boss of Les Gones would also aim to support foreign players in these two championships like those of Krasnodar. Indeed, the Russian team has suspended the contracts of eight of its nine foreign players. Apart from former PSG Grzegorz Krychowiak, Kaio, Wanderson, Junior Alonso, Erik Botheim, Viktor Claesson, Cristian Ramírez, Jhon Córdoba and Rémy Cabella are concerned. The contracts of these elements, suspended until now, could be definitively broken. It remains to know the decision of FIFA on this subject.
But according to The Team, players should be allowed to suspend their contract without having any legal consequences afterwards. This comes a week after the position of the FIFPro on this subject and which will speed up this process. A special transfer window should also be set up outside the summer window. Each club will be able to recruit one or even two players in the form of a contract which would resemble a loan. A solution allowing footballers who have fled Ukraine or Russia to be able to resume an activity in a context that is necessarily specific to them. They would be around 180 in this case, like Rémy Cabella or even Farès Bahlouli (Metalist Kharkiv, Ukrainian D2).
