The Metalist Herald
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Artem Kozak
Successful dribbles: 33. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Artem Kozak arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Artem Kozak has, at Metalist, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Metalist count the cost of losing Danil Prymak
41 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Kyrylo Dihtiar signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Kyrylo Dihtiar and Metalist agree another 5 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Roman Vantukh 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 Metalist this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Plymouth Argyle tell Metalist: Aribim Pepple is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market10 Aug 2026
Metalist promote Yevhen Harmash from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Yevhen Harmash has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Kostiantyn Buialskyi joins the Metalist first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Kostiantyn Buialskyi is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Roman Sirenko joins the Metalist first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Roman Sirenko is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Volodymyr Kovalenko steps up from the Metalist academy
- The dugout No hiding place for Kyrylo Dihtiar
- Transfer targets Metalist ask about José Enrique