“His mother is from Kazakhstan. Russia has already had its eye on him.” A relative of the Mikhailis plays for Werder Bremen – Football

Second cousin of a Kazakh hockey coach Yuri Mikhailis plays for the German “Werder“, Sports.kz reports with reference to the Asia-Sport telegram channel.

“Tom Kaperkon is a 16-year-old midfielder from the Werder Bremen system. His mother is from Kazakhstan. She is the second cousin of Yuri Mikhailis. It turns out that Kaperkon is the second cousin of Kazakhstan national team hockey player Nikita Mikhailis.

Tom plays for Werder U-17. Plays well. They've already got their eyes on him in Russia.

But there is no talk about naturalization by Kazakhstan. Since recently, second citizenship has been prohibited in the republic, and the guy is unlikely to refuse a passport from Germany, where he was born.

Maybe the football player has roots in Kyrgyzstan? The example of Kimi Merk is inspiring….