Nikolai Valuev: I would like to see Malcolm and Claudinho in the Russian national team

Over the past six months, Russian football has been under tough sanctions from UEFA and FIFA. In the current situation, many legionnaires chose to change the situation by leaving the RPL. However, there are foreign players who have not only decided to continue their career in Russia, but are also thinking about changing their citizenship. Among these players are Malcolm and Claudinho, who play for Zenit. On October 16, 2022, the St. Petersburg club will go to an away match against Pari NN. Benefit from this meeting will help sports predictions from Genichall the details on the website “RB”.

Nikolai Valuev shared his opinion on the possible naturalization of the Brazilian football players of Zenit. “Claudinho and Malcolm are very strong players who stand out with their skills from other RPL players. Their level is much higher than the players who play in the same position in the Russian team. Therefore, I would be happy to see them in the national team. At the same time, this is legally possible, since they played only for the Brazilian Olympic team. We can see similar examples of naturalization in the national teams of Spain and Italy.

Of course, I would like to see our own pupils in the Russian national team, who will not yield to legionnaires. But in the current realities, Malcolm and Claudinho would greatly help the team in the event of performances on the international arena, ”said Nikolai Valuev, a former boxer and State Duma deputy, in an interview with a RB Sport correspondent.