The well-known Ukrainian defender Yaroslav Rakitsky, who is now in the status of a free agent, received an offer from the Brazilian Botafogo, but refused, said the well-known Ukrainian TV commentator and presenter Igor Tsyganyk.
According to the source, the reason for this decision of the player was "family circumstances".
It is noteworthy that Botafogo is now coached by the former coach of Shakhtar Donetsk Lish Castro.
Recall that over the past months, the media have insisted that Rakytskyy will return to his native club, Shakhtar, but recently it became known that this transition fell through. after that, information appeared that the 32-year-old football player would continue his career in the Turkish Adana Demirspor.