Shakhtar midfielder Ivan Petryak explained why, after returning from loan at "Chornomorets," he is not included in the squad or even the lineup of the Donetsk team.
Ivan Petryak— Ivan, on the last calendar day of last year, your loan agreement with "Chornomorets" ended, and you returned to "Shakhtar." At least you should have. However, I did not see your name in any squad for the spring rounds of the UPL. What’s going on, where have you disappeared?
— I am at "Shakhtar," specifically in the youth team of the Donetsk club. I am training with them to maintain my physical condition. I am also looking for a new team.
— Very interesting, but I did not quite understand why you are training with the youth team? There have been no 'missteps' noted from you, I have not heard anything like that, I have not read anything online...
— That’s what the club management decided.
— Were you at training camps with "Shakhtar" in Turkey?
— No.
— Even more interesting. Did you have a conversation with the head coach of the "miners" Marino Pushich or sports director Dario Srna? They should have explained such an attitude towards you, shouldn't they?
— I also did not speak personally with either Pushich or Srna.
Let me put it this way: no one from the Shakhtar management directly told me that they do not count on me, but they clearly made it understood that this is indeed the case. That's how things are...
Viktor Glukhentiy
