1 GET THE BIG LAD ON
Wycombe have shown what success you can have deploying a 16-stone striker – so a Ukrainian second division side decided to give it a go, too.
While the world wondered whether Ukraine was going to be invaded, Polissya Zhytomyr headed off to Turkey for a mid-season break, with boxer Oleksandr Usyk in tow. The 35-year-old beat Anthony Joshua in September to become world heavyweight champion – he fights Joshua again soon, but not before a return to football, after a spell at Tavriya Simferopol as a kid.
When Polissya took on Ukrainian Premier League side Veres Rivne in a friendly, Usyk was introduced to lead the line –