MOSCOW, June 21, Sergey Fuks. Director General of the All-Russian Professional Union of Football Players ( OPSF) Alexander Zotov called the decision of the International Football Federation (FIFA) on legionnaires in the Russian championship a political one. Earlier it became known that FIFA extended the permission to suspend contracts with Russian clubs for foreign players and coaches until June 2023. «In fact, clubs that signed players and counted on them, lose the ability to control the situation and generally plan anything for the future.The club signs a player, and after a while the player can say: «Thank you, I went, I'll play in another country.» At the same time, the club could pay lifting , agency commission, transfer fee. Moreover, the club cannot influence this in any way. In my opinion, this is a purely political decision, because in no FIFA regulations you can find and the rules and regulations that would allow for such suspensions,» Zotov said. «It is difficult to predict the outflow of foreign players, because all foreigners left some clubs in the spring, while others, on the contrary, became more. This will happen individually in each club depending on the situation. It is unlikely that everyone will pack up and leave, but the risk is always there. Given that the transfer campaign is underway, the clubs have thought through their strategies, we can assume that everything will be turned upside down for them now. I am saddened by this whole situation,» he added.
