- Olexiy Mykhailychenko has been released from his position as sporting director. What was the reason for such decision?
- It’s difficult for Mykhailychenko to be a sporting director and assistant coach at the same time. He wants to focus on coaching and I support him completely.
- They say that Mykhailychenko’s reduction in powers is the result of the last summer transfer campaign…
- I don’t consider that transfer campaign to be a failure. We had a lot of players who did their best for our team. Some of them were signed by other clubs for big money.
I agree that Marco Ruben hasn’t managed to demonstrate his best play yet. He is to analyze this situation himself.
As for Niko Kranjcar, I think a high level player. Still he needs time to regain his physical conditions.
- What about Raffael?
- Sometimes a player looks impressive in one league, but in another he can’t demonstrate what he actually can.
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- This year you are likely to spend even more money for new players than you did last year (35 million Euro)…
- My aim is not to set records. I just want to enforce our team with players Oleh Blokhin has chosen.
We have already signed Lens, Mbokani and Belhanda. Now we are to look for a left back and center back. Still we won’t hurry. Defenders must also be of good level.
As for different rumors about Belhanda’s decision not to move to Kyiv – we have refuted them. He is a player of our team.
- Despite the fact that Dynamo will start the new season not in the Champions League, but in Europa League players of high level agree to move to Kyiv. Are the terms of their personal contracts so attractive that they leave no place for hesitations?
- Frankly speaking those figures one may see in the Internet are wide of the truth. Making his decision every player considers not only the terms personal contract, but also the history of the club.
The point is that it’s not enough to qualify to the Champions League group stage. The team must also demonstrate good play, unlike Dynamo did last season. One may lose the game, but people don’t forgive indifference.
- Have Dynamo deserved the 3rd place in Ukrainian Premier League?
- It’s absolutely fair. We lost 2 games against Metalist Kharkiv, 2 against Shakhtar Donetsk and 1 against Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. The question arises: is it right to participate in the Champions League in such situation?
At the moment Oleh Blokhin has a good opportunity to create a new team.
- Was your participation in negotiations with potential newcomers important this season?
- I completely rely upon people who are responsible for transfers in our club, but sometimes the president must take part in this process.
This year negotiations were especially difficult. I hope our efforts won’t be vain and our team will demonstrate good play in UPL and in Europa League.
