Ex-goalkeeper of Kyiv’s «Dynamo» Volodymyr Tsytkin shared his thoughts about the rumors that the French PSG intends to sign the goalkeeper of the national team of Ukraine and Portuguese «Benfica» Anatoliy Trubin as a replacement for the Russian Matvey Safonov, who is to be loaned out or sold.
Volodymyr Tsytkin«Anything can happen in life, but I think that’s not true. Let me explain. Taking the main goalkeeper of „Benfica“ and the national team of Ukraine as a substitute for PSG seems strange. Any footballer would prefer to play regularly in „Benfica“ rather than sit at PSG and only play on holidays.
If I were in Trubin’s place, I would stay in „Benfica“. Only through game practice did he earn his place in the national team’s starting lineup. If Anatoliy didn’t play for „Benfica“, Lunin would be the main choice for the national team. Out of two goalkeepers who don’t play, the preference goes to the „Real“ goalkeeper. Lunin is not worse than Trubin, but he doesn’t play, and any coach will always choose a goalkeeper with game practice.
Safonov? I don’t understand why he was taken at all. He is an average-level goalkeeper, nothing outstanding. I think these are some agent games.
Comparing Safonov to Trubin isn’t even worth it because the Russian is not a goalkeeper today. Quite frankly, he hasn’t played anywhere, and in the Paris club, he only sits on the bench. Where did Safonov play before PSG? „Krasnodar.“ And none of the PSG players even know where Krasnodar is,» said Tsytkin.
