A Ukrainian refugee trains with Manchester City

ukrainian footballer Andrii Kravchuk has received permission from the Premier League to train with him Manchester Cityafter he left the Russian club where he played.

Kravchuk was in Turkeytraining with his team moscow torpedowhen war broke out between Ukraine and Russiaand, after finishing his contract with the Moscow team, he has been welcomed by the Manchester City.

In order for this to have been carried out, there has been Oleksandr Zinchenkowho shared a dressing room with Kravchuk in the lower categories of Shakhtar Donetsk.

The footballer will train with the U-23 team of the City.

“I felt very uncomfortable playing for a Russian team, because my country had been invaded. Leaving the team was the only possible decision. People in Ukraine would not have understood that he would have stayed there,” he said. Kravchukwhose family is still in Kiev And his brother Aleksa it’s in the front.

“Every day I tell him how proud I am of him. Not only for protecting our family, but for protecting the entire country,” he added.

Despite the fact that FIFA gave the green light for teams to sign Russian and Ukrainian players affected by the conflict, the Premier League has not allowed this kind of operations and a few days ago he blocked the arrival of Victor Mosesex-Chelsea, to Burnley.