Dynamo Kyiv head coach Mircea Lucescu will leave his post if the team fail to qualify for the Conference League, according to the Dynamo Kyiv Inside telegram channel.
"Our data are as follows. In the event of Dynamo's failure to qualify for the group stage of the Conference League - the Chief steps aside. He stays in the city where it is possible to formalise the departure officially (Bucharest, here "Dynamo" now hosts its rivals in the Conference League - ed.).
The long-awaited consensus will be reached on the compensation issues. The substitute is known, he was seen in action at the end of last season (Oleksandr Shovkovskiy - ed.)," the source writes.
We shall remind you that at the moment Dynamo are playing in the 3rd qualifying round of the Conference League, where they have a two-match confrontation with Greek Aris. The first match of the rivals, held in Thessaloniki, ended with a 1-0 victory for the hosts. Next Thursday, Dinamo and Aris will play a return match in Bucharest.
If Aris successfully overcomes the barrier in the form of Aris, Dinamo will fight for a ticket to the group stage in the play-off round of the Conference League qualification with the winner of the pair of the 3rd qualification round Besiktas - Neftchi (the first match of the rivals ended with a 3-1 victory of the Turkish team).