Famous football manager Vyacheslav Zakhovailo commented on the devaluation of Ukrainian footballers based on the results of 2024.
Vyacheslav Zakhovailo— This year, players have greatly devalued our football with their performances in eurocups, where “Dynamo” scored zero points, and “Shakhtar” scored four, as well as their performances in the national team, which failed at Euro-2024, and in the Nations League, where they struggled against Georgia with all their might. The Ukrainian championship is uninteresting to anyone in Europe, so even a player’s successful actions in it will go unnoticed. The showcase in our case is only the eurocups and the national team, and there it’s a complete failure.
Countries like Ukraine, Albania, Montenegro—these are third-world countries in football. Only buyers who lack money for top performers enter there. It is clear that the presidents of our clubs do not agree with this and set multimillion-price tags on their players. However, they "forget" to mention that the value is indicated in hryvnias, not in euros,” said Zakhovailo.
