Recall that this 26-year-old football player has recently played on loan in the English “Norwich”, and his contract belonged to the Russian “Rostov”. In the near future, the Norwegian should move to Dynamo Moscow, for which the Ukrainian ex-football player of Shakhtar, Ivan Ordets, previously played..

Here is how Solbakken commented on his decision.

" I called him when I heard about it on Saturday and briefed him on what the likely consequences would be if he signed the contract.. He did it. I informed him before the federation sent out the calls. As long as the situation is as it is. There is no time perspective in this,"

Interestingly, the president of the Norwegian Football Association, Lise Claveness, also agrees with the decision of the head coach.

" All Norwegian and European football agrees to put general pressure on Russia as a belligerent, which has also been very active in using positions of power in sports.

All Russian teams suspended from international sports. Solbakken and I agree that Normann cannot represent Norway when he now plays for a new Russian club."

We add that earlier FIFA allowed all legionnaires from the championships of Ukraine and Russia to suspend contracts until the summer of 2023. At the same time, clubs and teams from the Russian Federation were suspended from all international tournaments due to a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine..