The Obolon Courier
Market5 Jul 2027
Artem Kulakovskyi puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Obolon, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets5 Jul 2027
No thanks: John Dembe rejects the move
Obolon had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Sigma Olomouc, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad5 Jul 2027
A falling-out at Obolon
Anton Bol and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad5 Jul 2027
A late step up for Denys Shostak
At 24 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Transfer targets5 Jul 2027
Obolon baulk at the price for Kyrylo Pashko
Dynamo Kyiv wanted more than $25.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Words at Obolon training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Pijus Širvys is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets5 Jul 2027
Obolon rebuffed over Kento Shiogai
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. VfL Wolfsburg have kept their man, and Obolon go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout5 Jul 2027
No hiding place for Artem Kulakovskyi
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Artem Kulakovskyi, and the manager let it.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Artem Chornyi signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Artem Chornyi commits to Obolon for another 4 years.
In brief
- Transfer targets A loan move for Tiago Serrago is in the works
- Boardroom Obolon sign 6 boys into the academy
- Market The Anton Bol story refuses to die