The Green-White agreement with the 53-year-old Ukrainian specialist expired on May 31. The parties decided not to sign the new contract. Thus, Maksimov leaves the Poltava club.

This was announced by the official website of Poltava residents.

As a result of negotiations between the club's vice-president Oleg Lysak and the coach, given all the objective circumstances of today, taking into account the vision of the parties for the further development of the club and the team, in particular, a new contract has not been signed,"

" Raised the guys psychologically, and then solved the minimum problem. You all know about our further success in working with the team. There were achievements. , there were miscalculations - everything is as always in football.

Vorskla has excellent conditions for training and development. I want to thank the management of the club for complying with the terms of the contract. Football players - special thanks and low bow. Of course, I will continue to support Vorskla,"

Maksimov has headed Vorskla since the fall of 2019. Under his leadership, Poltava twice finished fifth in the UPL and advanced to the Conference League, including the 2021/22 season, which was completed ahead of schedule due to a full-scale Russian invasion.