The Kremlin has denied reports that Russia could soon clampdown on foreign football players joining the country’s top teams.
Officials discussed the possibility of barring foreign players from Russia’s Premier League during a meeting of the Presidential Sports Council on Tuesday, the Interfax news agency reported.
Presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov was quick to play down the proposals, telling reporters that the idea did not have Kremlin support.
Peskov said that Putin had acknowledged “difficulties in training Russian athletes,” but insisted that “no-one spoke about any specific solutions.”
