The Russian magazine Sports.ru has published the names of 10 football players who can continue their careers in the top European leagues this year. It should be noted that Arsen Zakharyan, the Armenian midfielder of “Dynamo” Moscow, managed to escape, so to speak, among the players with Russian citizenship who played in the Russian Premier League last year. The latter signed a contract with the Spanish “Real Sociedad”. “Zakharyan could have been succeeded by Sevikyan, Spertsyan and Tiknizyan, but unfortunately they represent Armenia,” wrote the columnist. It should be noted that all the above-mentioned football players are Russian football players, but only Zakharyan plays for the Russian national team.
As it turns out, at least 4 of the top 5 Russian football players are Armenians. Spertsyan, Tiknizyan and Sevikyan are currently in the center of attention of high-class European clubs and will most likely leave Russia this year. Other football players with Russian citizenship who play in the Russian Premier League are in the spotlight and their transfer to the European leagues is not realistic at the moment. As a result of the military aggression against Ukraine, European clubs do not want to enter into a deal with the Russians. And how did Zakharyan still manage to appear in Spain? As soon as he appeared in “Real Sociedad”, information spread that Zakharya could soon wear the jersey of the Armenian national team. “One of my sources close to the Moscow “Dynamo” reported an information, the accuracy of which I still do not confirm 100 percent. Although I got the information from a reliable source. One of the main conditions for Arsen Zakharyan signing a contract with “Real Sociedad” was that the latter would no longer play for the Russian national team. Moreover, there is a specific point in the contract about that. At the same time, an application has already been sent to FIFA so that the structure would allow Zakharyan to change his citizenship and play for the Armenian national team. The negotiations are continuing,” football insider Suren Meliksetyan wrote about this on his Facebook page.
According to Meliksetyan, Zakharyan wants to play for the Armenian national team and everything depends on the decision of FIFA. Russian media wrote that “Chelsea” offered Zakharyan to change his citizenship, which would give him the opportunity to play in the English Premier League, but… According to the international legal organization SILA International Lawyers, Arsen Zakharyan did not have Armenian citizenship at the time of his debut in the Russian national team, which makes it difficult for him to appear in the Armenian national team. The next obstacle is the number of matches played in the Russian national team. A football player can change his citizenship if he has played a maximum of three matches in another team, including friendly matches.
Zakharyan participated in 6 matches as part of the Russian national team. The third hindering circumstance is that after playing in the Russian national team, at least three years should pass before Zakharyan can change the national team, but in the fall of 2021, the latter participated in a match as part of the Russian national team. It should be noted that Arsen Zakharyan was never invited to the Russian national team after appearing in “Real Sodedad”.
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