Ukraine under-21 international player Andrii Kravchuk will train with Manchester City after reaching to Britain as a refugee. He finished his contract with Russian side Torpedo Moscow and fled to Manchester.

Manchester City have got the permission from the Home Office and football authorities for Kravchuk to work with their under-23s squad for the remainder of the season. FIFA have allowed foreign players in Russia and Ukraine to temporarily suspend their contracts to move elsewhere.

“I am so grateful to Manchester City for giving me this chance to train with them,” said the 23-year-old.

“The past few weeks and months have been so difficult, but to be back on the pitch means so much to me.”

“There were nice people around me at the club but I was playing in a country that invaded my homeland,” he added.

“Leaving the club was the only decision. People in Ukraine would not understand me if I continued to play there.”