Ukraine's new preparations for his or her World Cup tie in Scotland have been thrown into full disarray after Dynamo Kyiv refused to launch their gamers for his or her month-long camp as a result of they need them to participate in charity matches as an alternative.
Steve Clarke's Scotland face the war-torn nation on June 1 after the unique semi-final playoff was postponed from March.
Ukraine confirmed final week they may put together for the sport on the Slovenian FA nationwide coaching centre and introduced a 25-man squad primarily based on home gamers, which included 12 from Dynamo Kyiv.
However they have been left surprised after Kyiv introduced they will not launch their gamers till Might 23 on the earliest – only a week earlier than they play at Hampden – as a result of they want the gamers for a sequence of charity friendlies they're taking part in throughout Europe in a choice made by their 76-year-old supervisor Mircea Lucescu.
Dynamo Kyiv president Igor Surkis defined: "We made the choice after dialogue with our supervisor Mircea Lucescu.
"He believes the nationwide group would get extra profit if the gamers stayed with us and performed in matches as an alternative of going to the coaching camp.
"I do not see any downside. We are going to launch the gamers in accordance with FIFA's guidelines.
"I name on the soccer neighborhood to respect one another with out hysteria and hypothesis."
Nevertheless, the choice has triggered outrage in Ukraine with former nationwide group supervisor Myron Markevich livid.
He raged: "That is insanity. Why has Lucescu been allowed to determine what's greatest for our nation? He's Romanian.
"Our purpose is to get the nationwide group to Qatar and so they have been let down by this extremely egocentric choice.
"Dynamo's footballers ought to determine, not Lucescu.
"I urge Dynamo gamers to surrender every part and go to the nationwide group for the beginning of the coaching camp in the event that they actually love Ukraine and wish to go to the World Cup."