“Artyom is allegedly being offered to change his citizenship”, — write: sport.ua
“I heard this a long time ago from various sources – whether Stepanov wants to play for the German national team, or whether the Germans themselves want to naturalize him, but this is not my question. Have we talked about this topic? No. When he was in the national team, we talked only about football moments.
“There is only one question: does Artem himself have the desire and motivation to play for Ukraine. If there is, that’s fine, but if not, that’s his choice and we can’t pressure him. Maybe he already feels like a German.
Now the Germans are in a better situation than us to put pressure on Stepanov, because Artem lives and plays in Germany, his father got a job in Bayer. Nothing is holding them back in Ukraine, there is a war going on,” Mykhaylenko explained.
Earlier, Artem Stepanov made his debut for the first team of Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League match against RB Salzburg. Stepanov became the youngest Ukrainian to play in the Champions League.