Since 2021, the English club has paid tribute to internationals with a flag on the back of the jersey. But that of his Russian player Gotovtsev sparked controversy.
The story was revealed by the media RugbyPass . On social networks, many supporters of the English Rugby club Gloucester were outraged by the jersey of their favorite team. On the back of one of its players, Kirill Gotovtsev, was embroidered the flag of Russia, his country of origin and banned from many sporting competitions. Since 2021, the club's international players have had their country's flag embroidered on the back.
“As a Gloucester supporter and grandson of Ukrainians, I find it abnormal that Gotovtsev is allowed to wear a Russian flag on his jersey, particularly in a city with a large, very poor Ukrainian community.”even a supporter on X was indignant.
“We recognize the understandable sensitivity in this particular case and, therefore, we have removed international flags from the jerseys of Gloucester's capped players in the future. It was never our intention to disrupt our community and we apologize if that was the case in this situation.”reacted the English club in an e-mail obtained RugbyPass.
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