Dynamo's season so far

[liberalgoliath]

The disaster has struck... It's name - Real Madrid. Today at Santiago Bernabeu, this disaster exposed the truth about Dynamo - without the seasoned veterans Fedorov, Vaschuk, Rebrov, and Rotan, this club simply does not have enough bodies with pulse to throw at a solid club. If the loss to Steaua could and should be explained away as a rather

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[fmjs]

The loss to Steaua was the big shocker; one which I think has coloured all Dynamo's games since.

I've become sucked into the Champions League entirely against my rational judgement. The billionaire boys' club setup irks me, because there's little chance for any non-G14 team to break the vicious cycle. The rich clubs just get richer from their TV deals, get better training facilities, and monopolise the talent pool.

What is Dynamo's sponsorship support like, if I might ask?

[liberalgoliath]

Dynamo is considered a very rich club by the Eastern European standards. Their base and infrastructure are among the most technologically advanced in the world. And that is not my opinion. Whenever opposing coaches and experts come to Dynamo's Koncha-Zaspa base, it has been (like Shakhtar's, by the way) considered among the best there are. The ownership is represented by the Surkis brothers that are both multi-millionaires, who happen to be devoted life-long Dynamo Kyiv fans. These two made millions at the time of cheap sell-off of government property, which they put to good use and made fortunes in construction, oil, minerals, etc. Also, they are, on an on-and-off basis, linked to some shady, mafia-related deals. A number of expensive yet mediocre foreign signings has suggested that Dynamo, at times, was a laundering scheme for the Surkises. But, of course, it has so far been impossible to prove

[fmjs]

The ownership is represented by the Surkis brothers that are both multi-millionaires

Ah, no wonder I've seen so many references to 'Surkha' on various messageboards (some complimentary, some less so). Cheers for the details. As for shady deals... Stories about the Spartak-mafia connection really shocked me when I first saw them. But then again Italian football has been perennially linked to crime and as of this moment the English Premier League has come under investigation. Everyone's approaching it gingerly because they already know what they'll find, and it isn't pretty.

Not endorsing it, but I guess there's no pitch without dirt to grow it on.