According to information from Sport.ua, the capital club is expected to announce the signing of 34-year-old Ukrainian Vitaliy Yermakov in the near future. Yermakov has previously played for Desna, Metalist 1925, and Chornomorets, with whom he returned to the UPL at the start of the summer. He is being brought in as a replacement for central defender Dmytro Semenov. Semenov became a free agent after his contract expired and the parties did not agree on a new deal. His current market value on Transfermarkt is €100k.