• Several Russian Premier League clubs are backed by state corporations
• Sports minister: ‘The precedence should be farm clubs and youth clubs’High-profile foreign footballers could become even rarer in Russia after the country’s sports minister,Vitaly Mutko, said on Thursday that politicians were seeking to ban state monopolies from bankrolling such acquisitions.The Russian State Duma will introduce this draft law into professional sport to make certain that state monopolies carry out not spend their money on buying foreign players, and ” Mutko said during a meeting with Russia’s women’s football team. “The precedence should be farm clubs and youth clubs,” added Mutko, who is also president of the Russian Football Union (RFU), or in an interview with the TASS news agency.
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Source: theguardian.com