December 22 defender of the German Bundesliga club “Schalke 04″ Roman Neustädter arrived in Moscow. According to media reports, the visit is connected player to give Russian passports. He who has Russian roots defender wants to play for Russia. Immediately after his arrival in the capital Neustädter visited Red Square.
27-year-old graduate of the club, “Mainz” was born in Dnepropetrovsk, but has long since been living in Germany, spending the seventh season in the top echelon of the country’s football . Three years Neustädter played for the “Borussia” Mönchengladbach, and then moved to Gelsenkirchen, where he spent the fourth season.
The rumors that the Russian Football Union is interested in football player, went some time ago, after the sports minister and president of the RFU Vitaly Mutko and the head coach of the Russian team Leonid Slutsky spoke in favor of the naturalization of players to enhance the main team of the country.
Sam footballer who currently plays this season as a central defender, took the opportunity to make the Russian team with joy.
«If you will call – yes, of course, is ready. It’s a chance for me, I’ll be happy if I was invited to the Russian national team – said Noyshedter.
– The national team is good now, it has a lot of experienced craftsmen. Football in the country is rapidly developing, strong foreign players in mind, they help to raise the level of the partners. From the Russian players would single Zhirkov. It is like the acts at left-back or midfield. Solidly play most experienced Berezutski brothers, Ignashevich. ”
Neustädter himself speaks in Russian that should neutralize the difficulties of integration of the defense in the main command of the country.
With regard to the role of the game, it was originally considered a Roman midfielder, acting in the core zone, but increasingly finds itself in recent years in place of central defender, where there is a high. The speaker for the second team, “Schalke” the pupil “Zenith” Alexei Gasilin believes that in the future it will be able to replace Neustädter team Sergei Ignashevich.
«Can opornika play, a central defender. If I am really has an interest – so would be useful at these positions, “- he said about his game is already very Neustädter.
On the question of whether he considers himself in the future replacing the Berezutski brothers and Ignashevich, football also responds very judiciously:
«Maybe that’s why in Russia thought about me? In fact, I think the reference I can play better. But there ready to play, where to put the coach. Especially this season, almost all the games was held in defense. And I think that in this role I look too bad. So if I will cause as a defender, I will be happy to play in defense. ”
Interestingly, Neustädter got on SDZD information in the sphere of interests of the champion of Russia, St. Petersburg “Zenith”, which was released with the first place in the group in the 1/8 finals of the Champions League, but not the best speaker in the domestic championship. Of course, Russian passport adds prospects such transfer.
On account of the defense “Schalke” are two friendly matches for Germany, but under the rules of the FIFA football can change sports citizenship, if not played for the team in official games.
In addition Neustädter recent rumors of naturalization several players. Among them one more representative of the Bundesliga Konstantin Rausch from the “Darmstadt” already scored this season, one goal and four assists.
Sam Rausch expressed their interest in playing for the Russian national team, although denied the information that has already had a phone call from Leonid Slutsky.
It is also possible candidates for Russian citizenship are called, for example, the goalkeeper of the Moscow “Locomotive” Guilherme already get a passport, three Brazilians: right back CSKA Mario Fernandez, midfielders and forwards, “Krasnodar” and Ari Zhoaozino respectively.
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