The Metalist Herald
Squad19 Mar 2029
Daniil Prykhodko says Metalist went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market19 Mar 2029
Danylo Kirichenko puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Metalist, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad19 Mar 2029
Tempers go at Metalist
Dmytro Matsapura 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.
Squad19 Mar 2029
Words at Metalist training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nika Gagnidze 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.
Boardroom19 Mar 2029
124% of the income goes out in wages at Metalist
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Market19 Mar 2029
Metalist buy the years ahead of Robert Marshall
He is 17, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
In brief
- Squad Denys Pidruchnyi gets it from the manager
- Market The Vasyl Lutsiv story refuses to die
- Market Robert Marshall placed on the list