The controversies multiply, an OM player lets go and responds

Targeted by OM since the last summer transfer window, Ruslan Malinovskyi ended up joining the Marseille club during the month of January. The Ukrainian thus posted his suitcases on the Canebière where he quickly found himself at the heart of certain controversies. Involved in certain cases, in particular because of the war between Ukraine and Russia, Malinovskyi spoke about these various issues.

Today Ruslan Malinovskyi is a player of theOM. Arrived from theAtalanta Bergamo, the Ukrainian has however already had to manage certain controversies. This was particularly the case during the last match between the Phocaeans and theAS Monaco when Malinovskyi saw the critics rain down on him after he hailed the Russian, Aleksandr Golovin.

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“A lot of people I know have written to me…”

For Provence, Ruslan Malinovskyi returned to this controversy with Golovin. The player of theOM then confided: There will be the Olympic Games in France next year, if you represent your nation, you represent it entirely, you cannot say: “I play for this country, but there is a problem that does not concern me” . There are many sportsmen in Russia who think and say that the war is not a problem for them and that Russia must take Ukraine. On the other side, there are many athletes who took up arms and died. Lots of people I know have written to me: “We are here, you don’t have the right to do that, there’s TV, it’s not good. Mea culpa, I apologized. Why did you feel the need to apologize? Out of respect for the people who are on the ground to protect our country “.

” This is unacceptable “

But it was not only that for Ruslan Malinovskyi. Indeed, during the match against Clermontthe player of theOM was notably described as a Russian player by an American journalist. What did not please Malinovskyi : “ Everyone can say whatever they want, even ugly words. But in a period like this, to say of a Ukrainian that he is Russian is unacceptable. I am Ukrainian, not Russian. I speak many languages, but I don’t want to say a single word of Russian. Everyone must do their job well. You are supposed to know all the players, where they sleep, how old they are, where they were born, etc. And he did not retain the nationality of the 22 players from Clermont-OM. But now it’s settled, I don’t think about it anymore, it goes over my head “.