Poland will not consider defender Maciej Rybus for selection at this year’s World Cup after he joined Russian club Spartak Moscow.
Rybus, 32, has been capped 66 times by his nation but has not been involved in the international setup this year. He has made the transfer to Spartak from their Russian capital rivals Lokomotiv Moscow, where he had spent five seasons.
Poland is a staunch ally of Ukraine, which was invaded by Vladimir Putin ’s Russia in February to commence a devastating war in eastern Europe has raged ever since. The south-east of Poland shares a land border with the north-west of Ukraine, and Poland has taken in more than 3.5 million Ukrainian refugees in the last four months.
