Famous former domestic football player, former striker of the Russian national team, currently a politician, Dmitry Bulykin, in a comment to socialbites.ca, talked about the problems of moving to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), to which the Russian Football Federation is affiliated. Union (RFU) was abandoned. According to him, they will not be allowed to play in international tournaments until the special military operation is over, so there is no point in the transition.
“There is a very complicated transition procedure and a lot of approval is required. So a lot more questions arise. Will they be allowed to play in the Champions League? What about the national teams? Of course, everything depends on it. I would wait a little longer, especially with all the leaders “Because he said that the special military operation must be finished first, and then it will be clear where and how we will play. And everything else,” says Bulykin.
RFU president Alexander Dyukov said that the executive committee of the organization unanimously decided not to switch to the AFC at the moment, but may return to this issue in a year or two if the current situation allows this.
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