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Kosovar football talent Edon Zhegrova had a problem in the last days of the summer transfer window closing at the end of August. To solve it, he had no better way than to pick up his cell phone and write to Edi Rama.
The right-wing striker of the French team Lille is being sought by both Olimpique Marseille and Juventus. The Italian team has made the French a better offer. It is ready to pay up to 20 million euros for the Kosovar footballer and pay him an annual salary of around 2.5 million euros.
But for this dream to come true, there has been a difficulty. The Turin team has filled the places of extra-community players and Edon Zhegrova, with a Kosovar passport, is considered as such. To make the transfer happen, his agents have suggested that the footballer also obtain an Albanian passport. This is precisely what has pushed him to turn to Prime Minister Rama. Not to the head of the Albanian Football Association and UEFA vice-president Duka, who has arranged many Albanian citizenships for footballers. Not even to the head of state Bajram Begaj, who has the competence, but to the one who has everything in his hands in our country.
As far away as Lille, in northern France, news has reached that if you want to find a job in Albania, you only need to have an address and phone number.
And that's exactly what happened. Urgently, on August 22, Edoni had his passport in his hand. Both the employees of the Ministry of Interior who prepared the file and President Begaj himself, who went to work to implement the order of his real boss, acted quickly.
This practice has worried an opposition MP, Ina Zhupa. " Edi Rama, the legal authority that grants citizenship, according to whose law they have equipped him, I don't know?! Using even a right to traffic in interests, for personal honor, clearly shows that we have created a country that functions with prime ministerial decrees/messages rather than with laws and rules ." Zhupa, after congratulating Zhegrova on her passport, reminds that granting Albanian citizenship is regulated by law.
In fact, it is easy to understand that in this story, more than a matter of law, it is a matter of culture. Rama, who in recent years has been known as a Juventus fan (after betraying Inter), did not make this decision with the burning heart of a sick fan. Just as he put Muronjo's portrait on the facade of the University of Tirana, just as he wrote with admiration to the late Serb Mihailovic, he is determined by all means to penetrate the selective world of famous athletes and artists. In this case, too, he could not miss the chance to become a promoter of the possibility of transferring Edon Zhegrova to Torino.
There is nothing wrong with that, he did an Albanian player an honor, a football fan might say kindly. In what way might someone else ask, more concerned about the personalization of the state. However, one thing is a fact, the 26-year-old now also Albanian, Edon Zhegrova, will do Edi Rama an honor if he manages to make a good contract. Because there is no question that he has received citizenship according to the regular procedure. The Prime Minister personally gave it to him.
That's why the footballer thanked the head of government himself on social media. The icing on the cake: the citizenship decree signed by soldier Begaj was also sent to Edon by his friend Edi on his cell phone./Lapsi.al
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