Arshavin: "In Asia, for example, Australia or Japan will not play us. So what? Will we play without a flag, anthem, jersey and s

Former Russian national team player Andrei Arshavin has told how he feels about the idea of Russian football running away from Europe to Asia.

"In general, I can't imagine how to play in Asia. I wouldn't aspire to go there. I don't know, maybe it's wrong, but I wouldn't dash. Australia or Japan won't play us there, for example. So what? We'll play until the quarter-finals without flag and anthem? Then they'll tell us to play without jerseys and shorts. What will we do?

As for the consequences of all the existing sanctions, our football has already suffered. Clubs have lost money. Someone can not get money for transfer, players have left. National teams have only now started travelling to Brazil and other countries to hold tournaments. Our kids are not participating in European tournaments. Of course, this will all have an impact. For how many years? It all depends on the timing and on what actions we will take inside," "Sport-Express" quotes Arshavin as saying.