The Nyva Post
The dugout2 Aug 2027
Valentyn Napuda: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Nyva have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Player ratings2 Aug 2027
Adam Yakubu goes up and wins it — 7.88
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.88 for the rest of it.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Adam Yakubu 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 Nyva this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Nyva
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Transfer targets2 Aug 2027
Door shut on Danylo Varakuta
Nyva asked and Polissia said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The terraces2 Aug 2027
One of their own: Adam Yakubu
He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Market2 Aug 2027
One of our own: Oleksandr Popov joins the Nyva first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Oleksandr Popov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market2 Aug 2027
One of our own: Dmytro Sydorchuk joins the Nyva first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dmytro Sydorchuk is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market2 Aug 2027
Valentyn Popov steps up from the Nyva academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Valentyn Popov has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Nyva promote Artem Harmash from within
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Denys Bezborodko
- Player ratings The game went through Ivan Palamarchuk — 6.90