Journalist Alessandro Grandesso, working for La Gazzetta dello Sport in France, commented on the possible transfer of Krasnodar goalkeeper Matvey Safonov to the French PSG, and noted that there were doubts about the transfer because Safonov was Russian. “Sports Express” .
“There are some doubts that he is Russian. Maybe that’s why there may be problems in the transfer,” said Grandesso.
PSG has not yet announced Safonov’s transfer. However, the head coach of the Russian national team, Valery Karpin, told reporters that the goalkeeper, who previously played for Krasnodar, successfully passed the medical examination at the Paris club.
At the same time, on Friday, June 7, it became known that Safonov was banned from leaving Russia due to alimony debt exceeding 60 million rubles. The ban came into force on June 6, when the goalkeeper was with the Russian national team in Minsk, where they played a friendly match with the Belarusian national team this evening.
Previously Vitaly Milonov named Safonov’s transfer to PSG was a betrayal.