Denys Babenko

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Marked for Denys Babenko

52 Edition

The Nyva Post

26 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad26 Jul 2027

Valentyn Stepanenko damages knee ligaments — 23 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 23 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.

Market26 Jul 2027

Nyva turn down Kolos for Ihor Snurnitsyn

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market26 Jul 2027

Bohdan-Yulian Vyshynskyi asks to leave Nyva

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market26 Jul 2027

Kostiantyn Kvas has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Nyva they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Market26 Jul 2027

Poltava join the queue for Denys Rezepov

Add another name to the list: Poltava have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Denys Rezepov. The answer from Nyva has not changed — yet.

Squad26 Jul 2027

A falling-out at Nyva

Andrii Boriachuk and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad26 Jul 2027

A row about effort at Nyva

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Vasyl Burtnyk was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout26 Jul 2027

No hiding place for Valentyn Napuda

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Valentyn Napuda, and the manager let it.

Squad26 Jul 2027

Denys Babenko signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Denys Babenko commits to Nyva for another 3 years.

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The Nyva Post

12 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market12 Jul 2027

Kostiantyn Kvas has said yes to Probiy

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Nyva have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Transfer targets12 Jul 2027

Nyva agree $140.0K for Vladyslav Kucheruk

The clubs have shaken hands with Victoriia Sumy; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.

Market12 Jul 2027

Nyva say no — this time

The offer from Oleksandriya for Serhii Davydov was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad12 Jul 2027

Tempers go at Nyva

Andrii Boriachuk 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.

Transfer targets12 Jul 2027

Nyva rebuffed over Illia Olkhovyi

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Dynamo Kyiv have kept their man, and Nyva go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market12 Jul 2027

One of our own: Nazariy Pikhalyonok joins the Nyva first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nazariy Pikhalyonok is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market12 Jul 2027

One of our own: Denys Babenko joins the Nyva first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Denys Babenko is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Squad12 Jul 2027

Radion Posievkin has improved at 26, which nobody expected

Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.

The dugout12 Jul 2027

Denys Rezepov asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief