Paris Russian Ukrainian Football Team Controversy
- The 22 -year -old central defender, who will carry the number 6, thus becomes the first Ukrainian player in the history of the club.
- Paris Saint-Germain's management, the current Champions League winner, has been trying to win the defender Illa wraping from Bournemouth for a long time.
- Still only a 22-year-old Ukrainian came to come to PSG for 66 million euros.
Paris Saint-Germain is delighted to welcome Illia Zabarnyi. ✍️
The 22 -year -old central defender, who will carry the number 6, thus becomes the first Ukrainian player in the history of the club.
— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_inside) August 12, 2025
Paris Saint-Germain’s management, the current Champions League winner, has been trying to win the defender Illa wraping from Bournemouth for a long time. During the winter transfer period, however, his transfer fell, so the interviews between the two clubs reopened only this summer.
The definitive agreement fell in mid -August. Still only a 22-year-old Ukrainian came to come to PSG for 66 million euros. He signed a five -year contract and then said he joined the “best club in the world with the best project”.
At first glance, everything looked idyllic. In the background, however, there was one problem from the beginning.
The Parisian line -up is also the Russian goalkeeper Matvej Safonov, who has been in the club since last summer. And it was precisely the possible problematic cooperation of the Russian with the Ukrainians raised question marks.
Journalists also asked about the relationships between the two players. However, according to head coach Luis Enrique, he is supposed to connect people to people and not divide them.
“Sport is the best possible way to connect people and create unity between them, not division. Sports and people can rise above political or economic affairs,” said Enrique.
However, Starnyj is very active and engaged on war in Ukraine, and he does not hesitate to defend the interests of his country on its social networks. Therefore, in Ukraine, his transfer has raised a number of questions.
People asked how it would now be possible to exist in one cabin with a Russian teammate. In football and sports, we see only a complete minimum of similar examples when Ukrainian and Russian athletes sit together in one cabin.
Barnyj: I need to communicate with him
The situation in Paris is really complicated. Evidence is only what happened shortly after the transfer: wadnyj