After Russia’s attack on Ukraine, German U21 player Erik Shuranov (20) from second division football club 1. FC Nürnberg is also looking at his home country with concern.
“Of course he also has fears and worries about his family. Everyone would have them because it is a terrible situation that we are experiencing right now,” said “Club” coach Robert Klauß.
The conflict is also an issue in the Nuremberg cabin. “We briefly asked him if everything was okay,” Klauss reported at the press conference for Nuremberg’s game this Saturday at FC Hansa Rostock. Shuranov has relatives in Ukraine, “although not directly in the affected region.” All this occupies the offensive player. Shuranov was born in Bamberg, but his parents are from the Ukraine.
The 20-year-old also played internationally for the U17 and U18 teams of Ukraine before the decision for the German U21 national team.
“Of course, that’s what’s going on with him, that triggers something in him. It’s his home country, his family comes from there. It’s not easy,” said Klauss, even if he couldn’t “look inside” the player. Shuranov doesn’t let anything be said about the training work either.