From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market12 Jul 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kudrivka can pretend not to have heard.
Squad12 Jul 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market12 Jul 2027
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
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Uneasy
Market21 Jun 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad21 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Berkay Vardar
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market21 Jun 2027
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Kudrivka will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Market21 Jun 2027
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Kudrivka has been clear about where Illia Karavashchenko stands, which is more than many ever get.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Artem Macheliuk asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market21 Jun 2027
The Kaya Makosso talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Kudrivka know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Uneasy
Market14 Jun 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kudrivka can pretend not to have heard.
Squad14 Jun 2027
105 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad14 Jun 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Uneasy
Squad24 May 2027
Roman Liopka: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Kudrivka have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad24 May 2027
The manager makes an example of César Horst
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad24 May 2027
Oleksandr Kozak asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Squad17 May 2027
Kyota Tokiwa knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Kudrivka, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad17 May 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Loan watch17 May 2027
24 appearances away from home and 6 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
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Uneasy
Market19 Apr 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad19 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Artur Dumaniuk
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad19 Apr 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Kudrivka, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Market22 Mar 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad22 Mar 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Kyota Tokiwa asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Market22 Feb 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match20 Feb 2027
No end in sight to Kudrivka's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Kudrivka has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Matías Jones: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Kudrivka have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad22 Feb 2027
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match20 Feb 2027
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Kudrivka did not have in the autumn.
Market22 Feb 2027
Oleksandriya pay $130.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad22 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Diego Pascutini
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad22 Feb 2027
No place for César Horst on the big day
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Kudrivka pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
Match20 Feb 2027
A 1-1 draw with Metalist leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
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Uneasy
Market25 Jan 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kudrivka can pretend not to have heard.
Squad25 Jan 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
95% of the income goes out in wages at Kudrivka
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Berkay Vardar knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Kudrivka, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Match23 Jan 2027
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Oleksandriya came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Loan watch25 Jan 2027
22 appearances at Podillia and the goals keep coming. Kudrivka are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
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Crisis
Match26 Dec 2026
12 matches without a win for Kudrivka
The run now stands at 12, and the questions being asked around Kudrivka are no longer polite ones.
Match26 Dec 2026
1-3 to Polissia, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
Wages eat 148% of everything Kudrivka earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad28 Dec 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Oleksandr Kozak asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Loan watch28 Dec 2026
19 appearances away from home and 6 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
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Crisis
Match12 Dec 2026
10 matches without a win for Kudrivka
The run now stands at 10, and the questions being asked around Kudrivka are no longer polite ones.
Market14 Dec 2026
Berkay Vardar hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kudrivka can pretend not to have heard.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Denys Svitiukha: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Kudrivka have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad14 Dec 2026
17 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad14 Dec 2026
39 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad14 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Berkay Vardar
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Crisis
Match28 Nov 2026
8 matches without a win for Kudrivka
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Kudrivka are no longer polite ones.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
Wages eat 178% of everything Kudrivka earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Kyota Tokiwa gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Crisis
Match7 Nov 2026
5 matches without a win for Kudrivka
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Kudrivka are no longer polite ones.
Market9 Nov 2026
Bohdan Vekliak has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Kudrivka they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match7 Nov 2026
1-2 to Metalist, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad9 Nov 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad9 Nov 2026
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Anton Yashkov knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Diego Pascutini asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Crisis
Market12 Oct 2026
Bohdan Vekliak has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Kudrivka they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match10 Oct 2026
0-2 to Oleksandriya, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad12 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Anton Yashkov
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Berkay Vardar asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market12 Oct 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad12 Oct 2026
At 32 he has made the position his own, and the man he took it from has to find something to say about it. Kudrivka have a decision that made itself.
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Crisis
Market24 Aug 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kudrivka can pretend not to have heard.
Match22 Aug 2026
4 matches without a win for Kudrivka
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Kudrivka are no longer polite ones.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match22 Aug 2026
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market24 Aug 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Yevhen Morozko knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Kudrivka, and both men came out saying it was fine.