The Metalist Herald
Market21 Jun 2027
Metalist come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Metalist did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Tempers go at Metalist
Artem Kozak 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.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Diego Ramírez is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Yuriy Kravchuk falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market21 Jun 2027
Metalist buy the years ahead of Oleh Kryvtsov
He is 15, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Market21 Jun 2027
A long bet from Metalist on Viktor Pikhalyonok
He is 15, and nobody at Metalist signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
In brief
- Market A long bet from Metalist on Vasyl Babenko
- Squad Oleksandr Myziuk gets it from the manager