Special transfer window for Ukrainian and Russian Players

[ConorQPR2000]

There is a special transfer window that has opened by FIFA that would allow foreign players ether in Ukraine or Russia to sign for a new club, it closes on the 7th April and players can sign until June 30th 2022 without any consequences.


Anyone know any decent strikers/wingers who have played in the Ukrainian or Russian leagues who are foreign?

[topperharley]

It's a weird one this.

On the one hand I get it, on the other hand I can't imagine many players doing it or clubs wanting to get involved.

Anything Russian is a no go at the moment, even if most of the citizens are opposed to what's going on.

Massive respect for the Ukranian peoples resolve.

Dunno, feels bigger than football and transfers all of this.

[ConorQPR2000]

It is very difficult considering the circumstances, but given our need to get a striker/winger in, perhaps its something that we should be considering?

[superhoops1962]

Victor moses..could do a job at 31

[SM3 Ranger]

It's a weird one this.

On the one hand I get it, on the other hand I can't imagine many players doing it or clubs wanting to get involved.

Anything Russian is a no go at the moment, even if most of the citizens are opposed to what's going on.

Massive respect for the Ukranian peoples resolve.

Dunno, feels bigger than football and transfers all of this.

This is what I cannot get my head round, the vast majority of Russians do not support the war yet the world is treating them all equally as if they are pariahs.
I have never seen this amount of ire directed at a people in any previous conflict over the last 30 years.
leads to the usual knuckle draggers attacking anything Eastern European thinking they are all Russian.
Most of these Russian people are just like us and want to go to work to provide for their families(not just footballers)
All this "boycotting" will only affect the normal Russian people whether they are in Russia or working abroad and eventually this boycotting will affect normal people in other countries with job losses and as we are seeing price rises.
As long as they don't support the war then why shouldn't we employ them or use their services?

[QPRDave]

Could we take one or two on frees?
Call em refugees

[topperharley]

This is what I cannot get my head round, the vast majority of Russians do not support the war yet the world is treating them all equally as if they are pariahs.
I have never seen this amount of ire directed at a people in any previous conflict over the last 30 years.
leads to the usual knuckle draggers attacking anything Eastern European thinking they are all Russian.
Most of these Russian people are just like us and want to go to work to provide for their families(not just footballers)
All this "boycotting" will only affect the normal Russian people whether they are in Russia or working abroad and eventually this boycotting will affect normal people in other countries with job losses and as we are seeing price rises.
As long as they don't support the war then why shouldn't we employ them or use their services?

Agree entirely. Western world has to be careful not to isolate and punish the Russian people so much that they resent the West more than what Putin is up to.

Be bloody interesting to get an accurate poll on what everyday Russians think of this, of course we never will and many will have been fed propaganda anyway.

Back to football I have nothing against Russians or Ukranians playing for QPR, or any other team. I do have something against assholes who think this war is a good thing though.

[superhoops1962]

I think this is for foreign players playing in Russia or Ukraine not the Russian or Ukrainian players who play in there own country

[SheepRanger]

Could we take one or two on frees?
Call em refugees

They'll have to come across on s rubber dinghy through Dover though, not a learjet

[72bus]

Shevchenko is faster than Austin

[LoftusRoadLad]

Get Marcus Wendel in from Zenit.
And Yuri Alberto whilst we are at it .

[LoftusRoadLad]

Daniil Khlusevich

[topperharley]

I think this is for foreign players playing in Russia or Ukraine not the Russian or Ukrainian players who play in there own country

That makes more sense.

Didn't Chris Samba end up in Russia?

[Sleeping Giants]

Without wishing to benefit from the horrendous actions in Ukraine, Lassina Traore at Shaktar would be what we need but probably way out of our price range.

[Shania]

The young prolific Striker Erik Botheim from Bodø Glimt was playing in Ukraine and recently got his contract cancelled, Maybe SJ could persuade him to spend a few month in London with us? Stefan started his career up north in Norway with Bodø Glimt.