Famous football manager Vyacheslav Zakhovailo shared his opinion about Dynamo’s summer newcomers. Let us remind you that the squad of the "white-blues" has been joined by central defender Vasily Burtin from Ternopil’s "Niva", his colleague in the same position Aliu Tiara ("Havre"), left winger Shola Ogunbadan ("Flamengo"), and central forward Vladislav Blenutsa ("Universitatea Craiova").
Vyacheslav Zakhovailo"In my time, about 15 years ago, when I was still working in the Ukrainian First League (in the early 2000s Vyacheslav Zakhovailo worked in clubs such as FC Cherkasy and Dnipro Cherkasy — Note.), Ukrainian football was at a completely different, much higher level than now, and the First league was no exception. We all remember how many stars in football emerged from the lower leagues. Like Ivan Yaremchuk, who moved to "Dynamo" from Kyiv’s SKA, Oleg Kuznetsov ("Desna" Chernihiv), Vadim Yevtushenko ("Zvezda" Kirovohrad), and so on.
As for Burtin, he is definitely promising. I haven’t studied him very well yet, but I can definitely say that he handles physical confrontations, and that’s already a big plus. Moreover, whoever comes to "Dynamo" in the center of defense — it will simply be Pelé, as the level in this position in the Kyiv team is very weak. And this is no secret, I don’t want to offend anyone.
As a Kyiv resident, I am very pleased that Igor Mykhailovych has woken up and is making some moves, finally bringing a breath of fresh air to the locker room, which had simply stagnated due to lack of action. New players have finally arrived, and there’s a fresh wind. This is a good impulse for everyone. The team and the fans have already benefited from it.
We will hopefully look at these players; they need time to adapt and to understand what Shovkovskyi wants from them. It will be all the more interesting to watch "Dynamo" now, especially in the European cups. Unfortunately, in the Ukrainian championship, the Kyiv team plays without resistance, even in their current state," Zakhovailo summarized.
