The Dynamo Kyiv Gazette
Squad17 May 2027
Andrii Iarmolenko 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 Dynamo Kyiv this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout17 May 2027
A promise honoured at Dynamo Kyiv
Something was said to Mateusz Kochalski and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.
Squad17 May 2027
Daniil Yurchenko stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Daniil Yurchenko and Dynamo Kyiv agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Loan watch17 May 2027
Illia Olkhovyi wants to come home
“I did not go to Kolos to sit and watch. I want to come back to Dynamo Kyiv and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 14 matches say the rest.
The dugout17 May 2027
When it matters, Andrii Iarmolenko plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout17 May 2027
Kostiantyn Vivcharenko knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Dynamo Kyiv, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout17 May 2027
Mykola Mykhailenko has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Mykola Mykhailenko has written the date down.
Market17 May 2027
The Matvii Ponomarenko question follows Dynamo Kyiv around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Matvii Ponomarenko’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Squad17 May 2027
Nazar Voloshyn is training like a man with a point to make
Nobody has promised him anything and he has not asked. The coaching staff have noticed, which at this stage of a season is the only thing that matters.
In brief
- Loan watch The clock runs down on Eduardo Guerrero at Obolon
- Squad Ivan Andreiko is fit again
- Loan watch Oleksii Sych watches his loan from the bench