Manchester United midfielder Zakhar Baumann, who plays for the English club's U-18 team, wants to play for the Ukrainian national team.
"He is a Ukrainian footballer or even an English-Ukrainian footballer - his name is Zakhar Baumann. He plays for the U-18 team at Manchester United.
This is not a story about going abroad. The boy has lived all his life in Bolton, England, and has been training at the Manchester United academy since he was 6 years old. And he wants to play for the Ukrainian national team. He and his mum have this desire, I have talked to her. The fact that he plays at United is a very solid indicator, because they don't take just anyone.
Volodymyr Yezerskyi, the head coach of the Ukrainian U-17 national team, told me about him, and he spoke to his mother. There is support and the boy's desire to play for Ukraine. As far as I know, Manchester United will support him if the player is invited to the national team of Ukraine," said journalist Volodymyr Zverov on the TV programme Profutbol.