Adrian Bajrami's departure was not the first and probably will not be the last. Those who play "with two goals" have been benefiting from offers from other national teams for years.
Excluding Roland Gërçaliu, Granit Xhaka, Gjerdan Shaqiri, Blerim Xhemaili or anyone else who was honest when they said they "chose foreign nationals for family reasons", the others, in one way or another, have always wanted to benefit.
The emblematic case was that of Adnad Jonuzaj, who kept Albanian fans in suspense for months. Then Sotir Nini, Panajot (Gjergji) Kone, Stefano Kapinos, Fjorin Durmishaj, Andrea Tato and most recently Adrian Bajrami.
But what is different about the case of the 23-year-old defender owned by Benfica? What the Albanian Football Association does not say in exchange for the player's silence?
VNA has discovered that Bajrami, unlike some of the aforementioned players who received invitations but never wore the red and black jersey, has played in three friendly matches. But as long as the matches have not been official, FIFA has left the possibility for players to change teams. Always with the approval of the first federation, in this case Albania.
The Albanian Football Association and Sylvinho did not "burn" the player by activating him even for a minute in the qualifying match. Even the federation, which "surprisingly" has no intention of becoming an obstacle to his transfer to Switzerland. Why? Because the situation is quite tense in the red and black camp.
Sylvinho also has a tense relationship with his fellow defender, Enea Mihaj, whom he constantly neglects. If there were to be another clash with Bajram and this were to become public at this delicate moment of the qualifying campaign, it would naturally affect the team.
It must be said that the hopes for qualification for the World Cup are slim and a controversy within the red and black camp is disturbing Duka's comfort. For many reasons. He will seek a 7th term at the head of the federation.
The next elections for the president of the Albanian Football Association are next year and, in a climate where Armand Duka is in a fierce clash with the red and black fans, with a national team that has little chance of qualifying for the World Cup, with the national championship in shambles and with an unpredictable relationship with Edi Rama, he does not need a controversy that could further tense the situation.
Therefore, the Albanian Football Association will not prevent it, nor does it even respond with Eid. While Sylvinho allows himself to say that "these things happen in Brazil too". Someone tell him that Brazil goes to the World Cup finals every edition, while Albania has never done it in almost 100 years. Therefore, we do not have the luxury of losing players who play for Benfica...
