The Chornomorets Post
The dugout31 Jul 2028
Lee O'Connor says Chornomorets 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.
Market31 Jul 2028
Vladyslav Sydorenko 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 Chornomorets can pretend not to have heard.
Market31 Jul 2028
Chornomorets turn down Rukh for Roman Mysak
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Boardroom31 Jul 2028
Chornomorets tie Mykola Shevchuk down
A new deal for the man in the dugout, and the clearest thing a board can say without calling a press conference about it. Stability is cheap to promise and expensive to deliver.
Squad31 Jul 2028
Yehor Popravka 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 Chornomorets this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom31 Jul 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Chornomorets
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad31 Jul 2028
Words at Chornomorets training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Oleksandr Kapliienko 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 targets31 Jul 2028
Door shut on Oleh Ilin
Chornomorets asked and Shakhtar 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 dugout31 Jul 2028
No hiding place for Maksym Koval
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Maksym Koval, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Market Eyes on Denys Svitiukha again
- Market Chornomorets promote Maksym Kovalenko from within
- Match Chornomorets come up short against Feniks