The Karpaty Courier
Squad9 Feb 2032
Defences have started doubling up on Illia Kvasnytsia
28 goals and a season average of 7.64 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
Squad9 Feb 2032
Oleksandr Kemkin keeps Karpaty in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market9 Feb 2032
Vladyslav Babohlo agrees terms with Ruch
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Karpaty people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market9 Feb 2032
Karpaty say no — this time
The offer from Victoriia Sumy for Kyrylo Shaparenko was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
The dugout9 Feb 2032
Vladyslav Babohlo: 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.” Karpaty have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market9 Feb 2032
Maksym Doliuk asks to leave Karpaty
“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.
Transfer targets9 Feb 2032
Oleksandr Roshchynskyi due for a Karpaty medical
Everything agreed with Metalist, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Transfer targets9 Feb 2032
No thanks: Bisnat Mbala rejects the move
Karpaty had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Probiy, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Boardroom9 Feb 2032
Karpaty to lose Denys Khamko for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Denys Khamko 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.
In brief
- Squad Tempers go at Karpaty
- Squad Words at Karpaty training over how hard people work
- Transfer targets Door shut on Terry Bondo