The Victoriia Sumy Herald
Boardroom7 Jun 2027
Victoriia Sumy put Oleksiy Matvienko on notice
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
Boardroom7 Jun 2027
Crisis meeting at Victoriia Sumy
The official line will be that it was routine. It was not routine, the timing says so, and every person in that room knows what the next bad result costs.
Boardroom7 Jun 2027
Victoriia Sumy to lose Jake Hopper for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Jake Hopper has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Words at Victoriia Sumy training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Danylo Knysh 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.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Tempers go at Victoriia Sumy
Dmytro Ulianov was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
The dugout7 Jun 2027
No hiding place for Nazar Yurchenko
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nazar Yurchenko, and the manager let it.
The dugout7 Jun 2027
Victoriia Sumy keep their word to Cosmin Burca
Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.
Market7 Jun 2027
Danylo Knysh linked with a move away
The name of Danylo Knysh keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Victoriia Sumy say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Bisnat Mbala moves up the pecking order
Nothing is announced when this happens and everybody knows. He is a bigger part of the plan at Victoriia Sumy than he was a month ago, and the training ground worked that out before the team sheet said so.
In brief
- The dugout Vladyslav Savitskiy loses the manager who believed in him
- The dugout Maksym Boiko knocks on the manager’s door
- Squad Vladyslav Savitskiy: “I am not a substitute”