Pierre Menes comments on relations between Illia Zabarnyi and Matvey Safonov at PSG

French journalist Pierre Menes has commented on the relationship between Ukrainian defender Illia Zabarnyi and Russian goalkeeper Matvey Safonov at PSG.

According to Menes, there is no negative information regarding the players' interactions within the club's dressing room. He suggested that the players might be consciously avoiding public displays of their relationship to prevent it from being exploited by Russian propaganda.

I have no negative information about the coexistence of these two players in the PSG dressing room. They avoid public displays of sympathy so that Russian propaganda does not use it. Perhaps they get along very well. Pierre Menes

Menes noted that there is no public information regarding Safonov's political views, as the goalkeeper has not made statements regarding the war or the actions of the Russian government. The journalist added that he considers it inappropriate to categorize all Russian citizens in the same way.