Shakhtar Donetsk Director for Strategic Development and Communications Donetsk Yuri Sviridov He spoke about the problem of mass departure of young football players who later abandon Ukrainian citizenship:
– Unfortunately, we can do anything in this situation. It has already happened. The best option is that young players keep Ukrainian citizenship. If they are developing, you want to see them in the national team of Ukraine.
We wish everyone who went – Artem Rybak, Artem Stepanov, Bogdan Olichenko. We hope that they will play for the national team of Ukraine.
– Are there cases when players have returned from Europe back to Shakhtar?
– Only one. Igor Strelchuk returned from Bavaria. This is the U-19 team. We hope that such cases will still be, ”Sviridov said.
Source: Sport.ua