Former coach of Metalurh Zaporizhzhya and Lviv Zhilmar spoke about Shakhtar Donetsk's newcomer, Brazilian winger Kevin and his prospects at the club.
Kevin. Photo: shakhtar.com"I've been hearing about Kevin for so many years, but he couldn't win the competition in Palmeiras. Such a talent, but he doesn't play in the first team. Andrik, at the age of 16, took his chance and will go to Real Madrid in the summer.
Both of them will need time to adapt to Europe, especially to Ukraine. We need to create the most favourable conditions for them to speed up this process.
We often talked to Dudu when Metalurh Z played Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian League. He was not given time to adapt to play at a high level, and in Brazil he became one of the leaders of Palmeiras. It's a pity that he was seriously injured. Even then, Kevin did not get a permanent place in the senior team," said Gilmar.
