Norwegian legionnaire Mathias Normann sent statements to the Dynamo and Rostov football clubs to terminate his contract and left Russia. The general director of the “blue and white” Pavel Pivovarov announced this to the press the day before. According to him, the midfielder explained his departure for security reasons, but not everyone believes in this version.
What happened to Norman?
The day before, Dynamo met with Krasnodar in the match of the second round of the Premier League. However, as it turned out, Matthias Normann will no longer appear on the field with Dynamo. Pavel Pivovarov said in a statement to the media that the football player explained the decision to leave Russia by recent drone attacks on the Moscow City towers.
The general director of the club noted that the Norwegian really lived not far from the skyscrapers, but, according to Pivovarov, this was not a problem — the club offered Matthias to move, but he refused. “We do not agree with his position, together with Rostov we will appeal to the arbitration court. He lived near Moscow City, it was his choice.”,” the head of the club emphasized.
Pivovarov noted that during their last meeting, Norman said goodbye to everyone at the Dynamo base — however, the general director did not notice anything unusual in this, telling the footballer that they would see each other the next day. Subsequently, the team management received a letter from the midfielder terminating the agreement.
According to Pivovarov, the security reasons stated by Matias are nothing more than an excuse to leave the club. Pavel recalled that the football player’s contract was ending next week. “We are convinced that this whole situation is just an excuse to get away for free.”,” the “Championship” correspondent reports the words of the “blue and white” general director.
Now the plans of the Dynamo management are to defend their interests in court. Rostov takes a similar position — the clubs jointly coordinate their legal strategy.
Pivovarov also added that there were no complaints or requests from other team players after this situation; they all continue training.
The 27-year-old Norwegian midfielder played for the capital team on loan from Rostov. His contract was due to expire at the end of August. In the 2022–23 season, Norman played 17 matches for Dynamo — 14 in the Premier League, another 3 in the Fonbet Russian Cup.