The LNZ Post
Market31 Jan 2028
Shota Nonikashvili asks to leave LNZ
“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.
Squad31 Jan 2028
Denys Kuzyk in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at LNZ this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market31 Jan 2028
Eyes on Saikou Chorr again
The phone has started ringing about Saikou Chorr again, and this time the name on the line is Livyi Bereh. LNZ are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad31 Jan 2028
A row about effort at LNZ
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Yehor Tverdokhlib was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets31 Jan 2028
LNZ rebuffed over Vladlen Yurchenko
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Zorya have kept their man, and LNZ go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match29 Jan 2028
Shakhtar take the points off LNZ
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout31 Jan 2028
Serhiy Shevchuk faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Serhiy Shevchuk after 0‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
Transfer targets31 Jan 2028
LNZ try to borrow Artem Shabanov
Metalist have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Market31 Jan 2028
A long bet from LNZ on Tymur Nianchur
He is 20, and nobody at LNZ signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
In brief
- The dugout Oleh Kryvoruchko gets it from the manager
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Artur Mykytyshyn
- Squad The formation has left Tymur Nianchur behind