Former Dnipro head coach Mykola Fedorenko shared his memories of how he prevented the transfer of his team's then-young midfielder Ruslan Rotan to Dynamo Kyiv.
- Kyiv Dynamo offered $10,000 for Rotan, I think. Kryvbas also claimed for him. At that time it seemed to be good money, but not the money that this young and promising player was worth.
Stetsenko (Andriy Stetsenko - the former general director of Dnipro - editor's note) said to me: "Ruslan wants Kyiv to buy him, what do you think?". I told him: "No way! It's out of the question. At that time, the coach had the last word in Dnipro. They could not take or sell a player without my consent. I remember, Andriy Viktorovich even took offence at me. But I kept Rotan for Dnipro," FanDay quoted Fedorenko as saying.
We would like to add that these events took place in the time period from 1999 to 2001, when Fedorenko coached Dnipro. And in 2005 Rotan moved to Dynamo.