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Agent Melkadze: Georgy not involved in changing Russian citizenship to Georgian

MOSCOW, September 9 – RIA Novosti, Andrey Senchenko. Striker manager Dmitry Ageev told RIA Novosti that Sochi football player Georgiy Melkadze is not busy changing his sports citizenship from Russia to Georgian and has not received a suitable offer from the Georgian Football Federation.

Earlier, the RB Sport portal reported that, citing an interview with a football player, Melkadze could change his Russian citizenship to Georgian.

“Georgy’s statement was taken out of context. In the full version of that interview, there was no specific word about his plans to change citizenship. Georgy was asked if he had ever considered playing for Georgia, not Russia, and he replied, “Yes.” And why not such thoughts? Georgy plays, He tries, takes advantage, but is not called up to the Russian national team. And as the years go by, I want to play internationally. Yes, thought Georgy. About the theoretical possibility of playing for Georgia, but he is not interested at the moment,” said Ageev.

“Georgy is completely focused on playing for his club, in the Russian Premier League and on the results. Also, there has been no corresponding offer from the Georgian Football Federation: no one has approached Georgy with an offer to change citizenship. If he comes, then then Georgy will do this “At this moment, I repeat, Georgy currently has no concrete action or thought to change citizenship,” he added.

Source: Ria

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