FSK Mariupol of the first league reacted to the rumors about the purchase of the club by the former defender of Shakhtar Donetsk Yaroslav Rakitskyi:
“We can neither confirm nor deny this now. This news is as surprising to us as it is to you. The only thing that can be said for sure: Yaroslav Rakitsky on the field could bring a lot of benefit to FSK Mariupol.
In the 2023/24 season, 35-year-old Yaroslav Rakitsky played 18 matches for Shakhtar, scoring 2 goals and 2 assists. Since the summer of 2024, the ex-football player of the national team of Ukraine has been a free agent.
Source: sport.ua