plus the owner of that Russian club is Boris Rotenberg who is sanctioned by UK, EU, US and others. Do the club really want to tarnish the brand by getting involved with all this for a 3m quid player?
https://www.reuters.com/world/north-korean-official-drowned-during-moscow-visit-say-russian-media-2024-07-17/
Swimming can't be part of the military training then...