The Dynamo Kyiv Gazette
Market19 Apr 2027
Denys Popov is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Dynamo Kyiv is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Words exchanged at Dynamo Kyiv
Christos Zafeiris and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad19 Apr 2027
A row about effort at Dynamo Kyiv
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Leandro Andrade was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Loan watch19 Apr 2027
13 goals on loan for Samba Diallo
28 appearances at Rukh and the goals keep coming. Dynamo Kyiv are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
Loan watch19 Apr 2027
Bohdan Redushko keeps scoring at Chernihiv
22 appearances away from home and 10 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
Leandro Andrade gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Leandro Andrade is on it.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
Taras Mykhavko 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.
Market19 Apr 2027
The Taras Mykhavko story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Taras Mykhavko signs something — a contract at Dynamo Kyiv or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Squad19 Apr 2027
The penny has dropped for Ruben Loftus-Cheek
He looks like a man who lives here now rather than one who is working here. It took most of a season, and at Dynamo Kyiv the difference is visible from the back of the stand.
In brief
- Boardroom The Dynamo Kyiv board choose calm
- Squad Danylo Ishchenko is fit again
- Loan watch Decision time nears on Kristian Bilovar