The Dynamo Kyiv Gazette
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
$10.5M settles it between the clubs for Sampson Dweh
Viktoria Plzen have accepted the money. What Dynamo Kyiv do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.
Match15 Aug 2026
No mercy from Dynamo Kyiv
Kryvbas will want this one forgotten quickly: 4‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Dynamo Kyiv were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Dynamo Kyiv rebuffed over Mao Hosoya
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Kashiwa Reysol have kept their man, and Dynamo Kyiv go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market17 Aug 2026
Terms done: Yaroslav Buravtsov is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Oleksandriya waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Dynamo Kyiv is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Market17 Aug 2026
Shola Ogundana says no to Liepaja
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Shola Ogundana had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Matvii Ponomarenko at 20 — 8.21
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Matvii Ponomarenko did not need any: 8.21, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Market17 Aug 2026
Dynamo Kyiv turn down Kryvbas for Taras Mykhavko
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Dynamo Kyiv bid $600.0K for Adam Yakubu
The offer went to LNZ this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Match15 Aug 2026
Dynamo Kyiv cannot stop winning
3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
In brief
- Transfer targets Too dear: Dynamo Kyiv walk away from Roman Didyk
- Squad Tempers go at Dynamo Kyiv
- Squad Words at Dynamo Kyiv training over how hard people work