The RPL too can boast its nurturing of Willian, Aleksandr Golovin, and Leandro Paredes, before those three moved to Europe and achieved success. The likes of Fred and Fernandinho are the obvious shouts from Ukraine, but don’t forget recent exports such as Ruslan Malinovskyi or even Vitaliy Mykolenko who moved to Everton in January. This already saw German coach Markus Gisdol leave Lokomotiv Moscow, as well as Daniel Farke leaving Krasnodar.ĭonate to help Ukraine in their time of crisis here:īoth Russia and Ukraine have previously been fairly reliable exports of talent to the upper echelons of Europe. With teams from Russia likely to be banned from European competition next year as well, we could also envision a scenario where we see a mass exodus of the league’s best talent.įor Russian-based teams, FIFA created an allowance for foreign players and coaches to move if they do not sign an agreement with their clubs before March 10th. “Temporary rules addressing the exceptional situation deriving from the war in Ukraine” allows Ukrainian league players to effectively be loaned until June 30th, and potentially move permanently after that.

When Tetê scored with practically his first touch for Lyon in April 2022, he became the first real product of FIFAs move to allow easier access for Ukrainian-based players and coaches to move to Europe.

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