MOSCOW, Sep 3 Norway national football team head coach Stole Solbakken called controversial midfielder Matthias Normann's decision to return to Russia, but, according to him, this will not affect the player's call to the national team. Last season, Norman, whose rights belong to Rostov, played for the English Norwich. In March, he said he did not want to return to Russia, but admitted on Saturday that at the moment this is the best option to continue his career. According to media reports, the player passed a medical for Dynamo Moscow. «There is no doubt that this is a controversial decision at the present time. We do not have restrictions aimed at individual athletes. Therefore, my opinion should not be taken into account when someone makes certain decisions. There is no such thing that he will not automatically be invited to the national team. I learned about his decision a minute ago. I kept in touch with Matthias about the choice of the club, but not in the last few days,» Solbakken said, quoted by the Norwegian newspaper VG. Association Lisa Claveness also called the choice of Norman controversial. «Everyone is united in putting pressure on Russia. The restrictions we have adopted are not aimed at players, but in fact it is difficult to understand such a choice. He should be responsible for this himself. If he moves to a Russian club, then we will have to give an overall assessment, but it is, of course, unfortunate that we have to collectively put pressure on Russia, which has proven itself so well in sports, «said Kla veness vg.
