I think Spartak did a deal where the money was paid to an Austrian bank account to get around it or something
As Andy @SAFCsource on twitter has just said, even getting him into the country won't be conventional, will have to fly to one of the few countries that accept flights from Russia and then to the UK from there.
I'm not going to let a little thing like the name get in the way of a crap joke about a players name...
Never heard of this lad, never seen him play, haven't watched any clips, but he's young, foreign and @Nads has put a convincing argument for him with the "Wwwwwiiiiiilllllllssssssoooon" chant. Bring him home
Regardless, signing a French player from a Russian club hardly benefits Putin or impacts public opinion of the war. Now a regime using a club as a sportswashing vehicle....
You can fly Moscow to Istanbul then on to Heathrow. 9 hour journey.. This is with Turkish Airlines for tomorrow