Igor Surkis supported Shakhtar in the issue of Russia

Dynamo Kyiv President Igor Surkis commented on Shakhtar's position regarding the exclusion of the RFU from UEFA and FIFA.

— Shakhtar performed correctly. Well, for now, they were excluded for an unclear period. We can say - let's exclude, let's expel. But it's just that we're throwing words into the air. There are regulations. The war began, Russian athletes were thrown out of all competitions. They don't play anywhere today. I think until the war stops, a peace treaty is signed, they will not play anywhere. And in the peace treaty it will be concluded that we will return our territories.

Football is on the rise for them - they advertise to themselves that it is on the rise. We will see in 2-3 years what kind of rise they will have if the whole world plays in European competitions. The Champions League will be completely reorganized next year. The Europa League and the Conference League are all being reorganized. Football today is a lot of money. Could you imagine before that a football player would cost, say, 200 million? When we once sold Shevchenko for 25 million, it seemed to us that this was an incredible amount. And today 20-25 million in football is the same as before, probably 1.5-2 million. Everything is changing.

So it hurts for them, trust me, they don't participate. I heard Palkin's statement. And I heard that they are going against FIFA regarding legionnaires. I think it's their right. In this situation, they should not have lost money. They paid money for these players, and today they give the players the opportunity to leave almost for free. there is a moment here. Let's say a football player has a year of contract. The club can sell it. But if it were written that, having gone on lease, the contract is automatically extended for this year. The war is over - the person has one more year of the contract, he can be sold.

I want to return to the Verbic example. He left beautifully, we said goodbye, even came to our match with Sturm in Poland, we hugged. But he had a six-month contract. And if he would say: “My child has just been born, I will leave for six months. If everything is over, I will come for the next six months, finish the game - and we may extend the contract." All. His contract expired after six months. FIFA did not give me the opportunity to renew this contract. You see, there are many such players. Tete, as far as I heard, his contract at Shakhtar ended in a year, Solomon. Therefore, they set conditions that they had to sell their players much cheaper than they cost on the market,” said Igor Mikhailovich Tribune.