MOSCOW, Sep 3 Norwegian football player Matthias Normann, the rights to which belong to » Rostov, «said that returning to Russia is his best sporting opportunity. Last season, Norman played on loan for the English» Norwich «. In March, he announced that he did not want to return to Russia. According to media reports, the footballer passed a medical for Dynamo Moscow. «It's pretty simple. Russia is the best sporting opportunity for me today. So we stopped there. If I've learned anything in my career, it's this that you can’t mix politics and football. I’m going there to play and I’m very happy about it,” Normann said, quoted by the Norwegian TV2 channel website. “At that time, I did not want to return to Russia. Now many factors come into play that I I can’t control it. There was interest from many teams, but this is the best sporting opportunity I had,” added Normann. The footballer noted that he did not want to return to Rostov-on-Don, because the city is located close to the border of Ukraine. Normann also worries that the decision to play in Russia could affect his call-up to the Norway national team.
