Yaroslav Sanin

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Marked for Yaroslav Sanin

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The Metalist Herald

4 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A fracture rules Viacheslav Churko out for 138 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Metalist will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Yaroslav Sanin

17 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Metalist lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

The dugout

Filip Firbacher: 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.” Metalist have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Danylo Kaidalov has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Metalist they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Viacheslav Churko signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Viacheslav Churko commits to Metalist for another 2 years.

Squad

Words exchanged at Metalist

Artem Kozak 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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Metalist against Rukh

1‑2 to Rukh, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout

Denys Malynovskyi faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Denys Malynovskyi after 1‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

Boardroom

Wages eat 88% of everything Metalist earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

In brief

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The Metalist Herald

27 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

145 days out for Viacheslav Churko after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Metalist will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Yaroslav Sanin

24 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Metalist lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market

Vitaliy Mykhayliv asks to leave Metalist

“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.

Squad

Tempers go at Metalist

Alberto Basso Ricci 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 dugout

Yevhenii Isaienko frozen out at Metalist

This is not rotation. Yevhenii Isaienko has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Metalist is pretending otherwise.

Player ratings

Artem Kozak beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 19. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The dugout

No hiding place for Mykyta Shevchenko

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mykyta Shevchenko, and the manager let it.

Match

Kudrivka take the points off Metalist

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout

Denys Malynovskyi faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Denys Malynovskyi after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

In brief