The Portuguese coach Paulo Fonseca, who currently directs the French from Lille, appealed this Sunday to SC Braga and Benfica not to sell players to Russian clubs, at a time when the country could be the destination of the players Tormena and Chiquinho.
In a statement posted on the social network X (new name for Twitter), the coach says he does not want to believe that the clubs are considering going through with these agreements, both because the eagles have “developed campaigns to help Ukraine in an exemplary manner since the beginning of the war”, as well as because the arsenalers are commanded “by sensitive people with big hearts”.
Paulo Fonseca, 50, even warns that if Benfica and Braga close deals with Russian clubs, “this money will drip with the blood of children who die every day in Ukraine. And many of those children loved football.” .
In the same message, he points out that despite the passage of time and the fact that “people at home” tend to “not listen to much news related to the war in Ukraine anymore”, Russia “continues to kill innocent people and especially children “. if maybe some of them at home watching a football game”.
the italian example
“Two weeks ago, a Russian club tried to buy Rogério, Sassuolo’s left-back. The Italian club refused to enter into negotiations, stating that for ethical reasons related to the war they would never do it. I was proud to think that the “my world “It continues to be an example”, writes Paulo Fonseca, leaving the call to the Portuguese to “follow the example of the Italian club”.
Quoted by Gazzetta dello SportSassuolo chief executive Giovanni Carnevali cited “ethical reasons” for not closing a deal with Spartak Moscow for the Brazilian defender. “For ethical reasons we don’t want to make deals with Russian clubs. We want conscience to prevail, not do business with certain countries. And yes, to the point that we could lose it for nothing,” he then admitted about the player. that he entered the last year of the contract.
Chiquinho, Benfica’s Portuguese midfielder, has been the subject of interest from Dinamo Moscow and CSKA Moscow, reports the Portuguese sports press.
Tormena, the Brazilian defender of SC Braga, has already accepted a proposal to play for Russian Krasnodar, writes the newspaper A Bolamissing the agreement between Russians and arsenalers.
Source: TSF
