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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Paul MacInnes

Fifa urged to reopen transfer window and give players in Russia escape route

Zenit St Petersburg and Rubin Kazan players line up before last Monday’s Russian Premier League game
Zenit St Petersburg and Rubin Kazan players line up before last Monday’s Russian Premier League game. Photograph: Alexander Demianchuk/TASS

Players in Russia who want to move to another country because of the invasion of Ukraine should be granted an emergency reopening of the transfer window, according a new idea being proposed to Fifa.

The Polish Football Association, which has led opposition to continued Russian involvement in international competition since the outbreak of war, has written to Fifa making the suggestion, with hundreds of foreign players playing their club football in Russia.

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