Benfica Guarantees Turned Out to be All Bluff 

The captain of our team, taking into consideration Luzhny's great service to our team, gave him the chance to continue his career in a Western soccer club. Despite invitations from other clubs, Kyiv Dynamo management responded to the persistent desire of Benfica head coach Gram Suness and the club's president Vali to buy the rights on Luzhny's transfer.

Oleh Luzhny flew to Lisbon on December 11 for a medical examination, and a contract was signed between two clubs. However, Benfica's management has repeatedly failed to keep its promises. On January 8, Benfica made another attempt to cheat on Dynamo by faxing a copy of a bank check, which was not accepted by the bank that serves Dynamo, the Dynamo press service reports. Since the Lisbon club failed to secure financial guarantees, all previously achieved agreements between clubs, and the agreement between Benfica and Luzhny will not come into force, the contracts between them are annulled, and thus no transfer is possible. Unfortunately, this misunderstanding spoiled the player's well-deserved vacation. He also failed to begin training on time, although both Kyiv Dynamo and Ukraine's national team count on him in upcoming games in the League of Champions and 2000 European Cup prelims.