Released by her Russian club Rostov, Grace Zaadi the center half of the France team will end the season in Metz according to information from L’Équipe which has not yet been confirmed by the Lorraine club. This transfer is a consequence of the war in Ukraine.
Grace Zaadi had decided not to return to Rostov, after the match of the Blue against Croatia in Toulouse, on March 6 (27-19). She has been playing for Russian club Rostov since 2020 and had just signed a contract extension which ran until 2024. But her club, which qualified directly for the quarter-finals of the Champions League, was excluded from the competition like all the Russian teams when the war started.
Rostov has suddenly released the French from her obligations, for the moment until the end of the season. An exercise that the Olympic champion in Tokyo should complete in Metz, the club in which the former Issy-Paris player played between 2013 and 2020 She should be qualified to play the next Champions League match with the Lorraine club as soon as March 26 in Dortmund.