“Ihor Mykhailovych Surkis called me on the eve of the wedding: “Hello, do you want to play for Dynamo?” I replied, “Of course.” I already knew about the club’s interest – the scouts had been watching me for two years, but there were doubts about whether I would pull the level.
Says: “Where are you?” – “In Donetsk”. He must have thought that I was at Shakhtar, but I explained that I was just at home, because I am from Donetsk, although everyone associates me with Poltava.
He offers: “Send a chartered plane to Kyiv?” – “No need, I’ll come myself.” The very next day after the wedding, my father and I flew to Kyiv, met, talked, but could not sign the contract yet – there was more than half a year left until the end of the current one,” Kravchenko said.
Source: sport.ua