It's official. Rakitskiy announces he is leaving Shakhtar

Shakhtar defender Yaroslav Rakitskiy has announced that he is leaving the Donetsk club.

"From the age of 12 until today, I have been giving and leaving my heart and myself to Shakhtar. Both on the football field and off the pitch. Thank you, Shakhtar. Thank you, my Ukrainian Donetsk. I am leaving Shakhtar. The story with which my whole life is connected is over," Rakitsky wrote on his Instagram page.