The former defender of the Brazilian national team said that money is not the main motivation for moving to the RPL

Former defender of the Brazilian national team Maicon said that he does not consider money the main motivation for moving foreign players to the Russian Premier League (WORLD RPL).

– Not so long ago there were rumors about Brazilians at Zenit, for example, about Malcolm at PSG. What do you think, what is the motivation for football players to play in Russia, besides money?

– I think that money is absolutely not a motivation for Brazilian football players who go to Russian clubs. Very famous football players from Brazil played in Russia, such as Hulk, Vagner Love.

The main reasons for moving to Russia are: love for football and the fact that Russian football has been developing very actively in recent years. Yes, now there is a suspension, but before that the clubs played well in European competition, Sport24 quotes Maicon.

The Russian football season will resume on February 22 with FONBET Russian Cup matches, and on March 3 the RPL will continue. Watch live broadcasts of RPL matches and the Cup of the country on the Match TV federal channel and the thematic channels of the holding, as well as on matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru websites.

• “The level of Zenit and PSG is different, it’s hard to say how Malcolm would have performed in Paris” – Edmilson