“There is no need to rush to move to Asia – no one is driving us out of Europe” – Kanchelskis

Former Russian national team player Andrei Kanchelskis believes that the Russian Football Union (RFU) does not need to move to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) from UEFA.

On December 30, the executive committee of the RFU passed. The union, together with UEFA, FIFA and the IOC, will create a working group that will work on the issue of returning Russian football to international competitions by April 1. The main task is to return to UEFA competitions as soon as possible.

— There is no need to rush to move to Asia — no one is driving us out of Europe. Now, if they are expelled from Europe, then we will deal with other issues. The kindergarten gathers there: they don’t understand what they are talking about at all. Children need to play football, not the question of where to go and come. The RFU needs to stick to UEFA, thank them for not kicking us out anywhere. You don’t need to argue with anyone.

Has anyone on the executive committee played football? Did these people play football? I will not swear at them – they are functionaries. But they never played football in their lives. Let them hit the brakes and understand in which direction to move, – quotes the words of Kanchelskis “Championship”.

Russian clubs and teams have been suspended from participation in tournaments under the auspices of UEFA and FIFA due to the situation in Ukraine.