The Epicentr Sentinel
Squad21 Aug 2028
Roman Liopka damages knee ligaments — 111 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 111 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market21 Aug 2028
Ivan Bendera hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Epicentr can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
An offer of $4.6M for Artem Slesar
Epicentr have gone to Zorya with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
The dugout21 Aug 2028
Jiovany Ramos frozen out at Epicentr
This is not rotation. Jiovany Ramos has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Epicentr is pretending otherwise.
Market21 Aug 2028
Oleh Pavlusiv is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Epicentr is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Oleh Bilyk 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 Epicentr this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match19 Aug 2028
Ivan Bendera’s goal not enough for Epicentr
Ivan Bendera scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to Shakhtar, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Words at Epicentr training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jon Ceberio is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
Door shut on Victor Hugo
Epicentr asked and Fortaleza said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
In brief
- Market Karpaty watching Stepan Hryhorashchuk
- Squad Epicentr lose Yaroslav Kryvtsov
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Ivan Bendera