The president of Zhytomyr’s “Polesie” Hennadiy Butkevych stated his intention to keep the club’s attacking midfielder Oleksiy Hutsulyak at any cost.
Hennadiy Butkevych. Photo — polissyafc.com“Why didn’t I agree to sell Hutsulyak for 4 million euros? I won’t sell him even for 10 million. Oleksiy is an incredibly hardworking and promising player. I hired a separate coach for him, he has iron discipline.
I learn a lot from Hutsulyak. I asked — well, why did we ultimately lose to Belgium (0:3, return match of the Nations League playoffs, — ed.)? He answered: insufficient development of children’s football,” — Butkevych is quoted by Forbes.
