Shakhtar Donetsk: "FIFA is treating us in the same way as Russian clubs" (S. Palkin, CEO)

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Sergei Palkin, CEO of Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) - ©  Shakhtar Donetsk

"We want to know why FIFA is treating us in the same way as Russian clubs. As a result of their decisions, we have lost a great deal of investment and many Ukrainian clubs have gone bankrupt or are on the verge of doing so. It seems to me that for Gianni Infantino (FIFA President), Ukraine is not really part of the big football family that he...

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Sergei Palkin, CEO of Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) - ©  Shakhtar Donetsk

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