The Metalist Chronicle
Match30 Aug 2028
Cup progress for Metalist
A 1-0 win over Ahrobiznes, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Market4 Sep 2028
Andrii Buleza 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.
Squad4 Sep 2028
Vajebah Sakor signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Vajebah Sakor commits to Metalist for another 2 years.
Match2 Sep 2028
Metalist come up short against Kolos
Kolos left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market4 Sep 2028
Alisson Oliveira Da Silva attracts admirers
The name of Alisson Oliveira Da Silva has come up in conversations Metalist were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad4 Sep 2028
Vajebah Sakor gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad4 Sep 2028
Oleksandr Yatsyk asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market4 Sep 2028
Nicolás Arévalo linked with a move away
The name of Nicolás Arévalo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Metalist say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad4 Sep 2028
Ihor Bohomolov makes his debut at 20
At 20 years old, Ihor Bohomolov became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
In brief
- Market Metalist and Marcos Martínez are talking past each other
- Loan watch Ermir Rashica keeps scoring at Chornomorets
- The terraces The press have found their man in Kristian Mba