Dnipro look to Lysytskyi loan
Tuesday, January 13, 2004
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FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk have loaned defensive midfield player Vitaliy Lysytskyi from FC Dynamo Kyiv.
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FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk have signed defensive midfield player Vitaliy Lysytskyi on loan from FC Dynamo Kyiv.
UEFA Cup challenge
The 21-year-old Ukrainian international, who has won three caps for his country, spent last season on loan at FC Chornomorets Odesa, and will join Dnipro when the Ukrainian league resumes in February. Yevhen Kucherevskyi's team, who meet Olympique de Marseille in the third round of the UEFA Cup, lie third in the Ukrainian Premier League, nine points behind leaders FC Shakhtar Donetsk and six adrift of Dynamo.
Hectic activity
Dnipro have been busy in the transfer market since the window reopened, signing goalkeepers Vyacheslav Kernozenko and Olexandr Goryainov and midfield player Dmytro Semochko in addition to Lysytskyi. Young goalkeeper Maxim Startsev and winger Andriy Spevak, meanwhile, have joined FC Kryvbas Kryviy Rih.
'Hard season ahead'
"We don't want to sign a lot of players," said Dnipro coach Yevhen Kucherevskyi. "We had to find a winger and that's why we signed Semochko. We also needed one more midfield player, because there is a very hard season ahead of us, so we loaned Lysytskyi. There is no place for Vitaliy at Dynamo but hopefully he'll be a good signing for us. We may need one more attacking player, so I'll look closely at our reserves."
