As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, sport is far from peoples’ focus in those parts of the world. However, athletes are still athletes and those playing for Russian and Ukrainian clubs have their careers on an uncertain path. One of them is the Nigerian wing-back Victor Moses, a member of Spartak Moscow.At one point he was a well-known name in English football – let to some of the Wigan’s best performances in his younger days, won the Premier League with Chelsea, played for Liverpool, West Ham, Stoke… And after a short spell at Inter Milan under Antonio Conte, the Lagos-born Moses moved to Russia and put on Spartak Moscow red shirt.Sat 19:30: (3.10) Lok.Moscow (3.25) Spartak Moscow (2.35)His stay in the capital of the largest country in the world was pretty decent but now – the political situation pushes the African to look for safety elsewhere. And his sanctuary could be quite unexpected – The Clarets of Burnley.Moses, Burnley and Spartak Moscow were all open to the Premier League winner returning to play in England until the end of the season given the difficult predicament the 31-year-old finds himself with the Russian club. However, Burnley have seen their attempts to rescue Moses from Moscow blocked by the Premier League, Sportsmail has learned.The Clarets have tried to clinch a deal to bring the former Chelsea star back to England, but the Premier League club have been informed that they cannot sign Moses on a short-term deal – leaving the footballer in quite a limbo.Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last month resulted in both the domestic leagues being suspended resulting in FIFA and UEFA making a joint decision – even though the transfer window is shut, they will allow players from teams in Ukraine and Russia to join other European teams on short-term deals until the end of the season.🚨🗞| Burnley’s attempt to bring in ex-Chelsea man Victor Moses from Russian club Spartan Moscow has been blocked the Premier League on the grounds of sporting integrity.[Credit – @MelissaReddy_]#TwitteeClarets pic.twitter.com/zGyUAtKGFR— ClaretXtra (@ClaretXtra) March 26, 2022 Even so, the Premier League has ruled they will not accept any requests for new transfers due to concerns over the sporting integrity of the competition. Spain’s La Liga is allowing clubs to sign the players from the two leagues while Italy’s Serie A and Germany’s Bundesliga have prevented transfers for similar reasons Premier League is stating. Until the conflict in Eastern Europe is resolved, Moses is left in quite an unenviable situation – even though he was understandably keen to make the move to Turf Moor.
