Manor Solomon reached an agreement to join Fulham in the summer window after using the FIFA ruling to his advantage.
The sport’s governing body allowed players in Ukraine, who are not Ukrainian nationals, to suspend their contracts until June 2023. This was done after Russia invaded their neighbour earlier this year.
Solomon, who has a deal with Shakhtar Donetsk until December 2023, exercised this option and arrived at Fulham in July.
This has not pleased the Ukrainian club’s sporting director, Darijo Srna. Marca interviewed the Shakhtar Donetsk chief and he used Marco Silva’s man as an example to share his views about the FIFA ruling.
“We had 14 foreigners whose market value was between €150m and €200m. They were allowed to go out on loan without freezing their contracts. Solomon and Teté had a year and a half of contract, they have gone to Fulham and Lyon and when they return, they will only have six months left to be free. This is unacceptable,” Srna said.
“Everyone said that they were going to help us, that they didn’t want our players for free… but there are teams that have taken advantage of our situation. Nothing happens. Life is long and it’s like a boomerang, you throw it, and it comes back to you.”
The Israel international has made one substitute appearance since joining Fulham and that came against Liverpool on the opening day. Since then, he has been out of action due to a knee injury.
Had Solomon stayed at Shakhtar Donetsk and was available for selection, he would have been in contention to face Real Madrid in the Champions League later today.
