MOSCOW, Jun 23 Kyiv-based Shakhtar CEO Sergey Palkin said that the decision of the International Football Federation (FIFA) to allow players and coaches to suspend contracts hit Ukrainian teams. Previously, FIFA extended until June 2023 the permission for foreign players and coaches to suspend contracts with Ukrainian clubs. «I think that 95 percent of Ukrainian players we Foreigners — I don't know yet. There will be difficult negotiations. Some agents are destroying us, they are trying to steal players. You have no idea what is happening. Agents come to clubs and say: «Don't pay Shakhtar, the players will become free agents, just pay give me 10 million euros and forget about the club,» Palkin was quoted by The Athletic as saying. «FIFA did not help Ukrainian clubs by issuing these regulations. On the contrary, it significantly complicated our negotiations with the players and made the agents even more powerful and richer,» the CEO added.
