Both Mali and its ally Niger, expressing “deep shock” about a friendly nation’s involvement in an attack that cost dozens of Malian lives, swiftly ended all ties with the Ukrainian government.
It is a measure of Sudakov’s standing at Shakhtar that after a summer of transfer speculation that seemed to be paving the way for his departure, he has been entrusted with the armband by Marino Pusic – the manager who guided the club to their second successive title last season.