Verpakovskis takes up Hajduk offer

HNK Hajduk Split have signed Latvia international striker Maris Verpakovskis from FC Dynamo Kyiv on a season-long loan deal.

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The 27-year-old Verpakovskis joins Hajduk eight days ahead of the first leg of their UEFA Cup first qualifying round tie against FK Budućnost Podgorica in Montenegro. Capped 61 times by Latvia, the former Skonto FC player also spent the second half of last season on loan, scoring once in 13 appearances for Getafe CF in Spain. At Hajduk he will link up once more with Florin Cernat who has also joined the Croatian side on a similar deal from Dynamo.