Top sports news Thursday, August 2023 of the year.
Ukrainian
Daniil Sikan is close to signing a long-term contract with Shakhtar. The Donetsk club does not want to lose him for free.
Sports director of “Dnepr-1” Yevgeny Krasnikov left this post. He promised to return to Metalist soon.
Shakhtar captain Taras Stepanenko returned to training. He should be ready for Sunday’s match against Kryvbas.
Shakhtar’s roster may be joined by one more Georgian full-back. This is Irakli Azarovi from Red Star.
The draw for the fourth preliminary round of the Cup of Ukraine took place. In it, the UPL clubs will meet with the lower ones.
European
Saudi Arabia proposes that its teams participated in the Champions League. And not in Arabic, but in European.
Marseille complained to UEFA about the referees of the Champions League matches against Panathinaikos. And – both matches.
Transfers
Charles de Quetelare could not, as expected to shine in Milan. As a result, he was loaned to Atalanta.
Liverpool decided to strengthen 01- summer Japanese Wataru Endo. This defensive midfielder comes from Stuttgart.
And another player for the same position is almost signed by Liverpool. This is Moroccan Sofyan Amrabat.
Genoa agreed with Marseille on the transfer of Ruslan Malinovsky. It remains to persuade the player himself.
World
“Inter Miami” want to invite to play in the Copa Libertadores. This is out of respect for Lionel Messi.
Author’s
On the eve of the match with “Aris” we remembered how Kyiv Dynamo played with the Greeks. For many years everything was fine.
Number of the day
5 captains of various national teams will now play for Liverpool.