Former coach of Dnipro and the GDR team Bernd Stange said what he thinks about the current Ukrainian legionnaires.
Bernd Stange- What do you think about current Ukrainian players? Zinchenko (Arsenal), Mudrik (Chelsea), Tsygankov (Girona), Yarmolenko (Al Ain)...
- These are great guys with a good school. Zinchenko is a leader of Arsenal, a modern and competent footballer. Tsygankov, I think, has shown himself and earned invitations from the best clubs. Yarmolenko and Konoplyanka. They left too late, it was more about the money, in German football they should have been tried younger.
- Many of our guys are promising, but Mudrik was bought for huge money and Chelsea do not know what to do with him, and Zabarniy barely starts after an injury in the outsider of the APL, while in Ukraine he was the most talented young defender. How can they fulfil themselves in western Europe?
- I would not be afraid for them. You have a new generation - free, relaxed, they do not have an iron curtain in their heads. Is Mudrik the speedy blond from Shakhtar? I remember him and am impressed by his capabilities. You should still be able to unlock him, it's an obvious talent. Zabarniy is a young lad. Great prerequisites. They have everything to play and from what I have seen in recent years in the European competitions from Shakhtar and Dynamo, there should be another dozen or so players sold to Europe at a profit.
