‘End the contract’: Dynamo Kyiv fan anger after signing of player who shared post by Russian propagandist

Moldovan-Romanian striker Vladislav Blanuta says he was unaware what he was reposting and that he is pro-Ukraine

Some signings are better received by fans than others, but it is questionable whether any new addition has been at the end of such anger as Dynamo Kyiv’s acquisition of Vladislav Blanuta.

The 23-year-old Moldovan-Romanian striker joined last week for €2.6m (£2.3m) from U Craiova and the transfer had barely been made public before it transpired he had shared content by a Russian propagandist on TikTok, to the fans that made him pro-Putin.

“We really hope the club ends the contract with this bastard and that he doesn’t get to wear our shirt on the pitch,” says one of the leaders of the WBC ultras group .

Dynamo have made controversial decisions in the past, including the 2020 hiring of Mircea Lucescu, who had had a successful time in charge of arch rivals Shakhtar Donetsk, but this was on another scale. Media and fans were quickly on to Blanuta’s history on social media.