He won eight league titles with Dynamo Kyiv in the Soviet Union and latterly - after the declaration of independence in 1991 - Ukraine. Image: Luzhnyi played at Arsenal between 1999 and 2003Luzhnyi also made 60 international appearances, captaining Ukraine 37 times. But instead of watching the television pictures of his compatriots embracing on the pitch at Goodison Park, Luzhnyi spent much of Saturday travelling between his home and one of the city's many makeshift air-raid shelters. "Everyone from the age of 18 to 60 can be called to fight, everyone is prepared to fight," Stakhiv explains. We talk every week about them and he would take great strength in knowing that Arsenal fans still remember him.

Source: Sky sports February 28, 2022 01:05 UTC