Ukraine offers job to Croatia's Vukojevic over WC video

KIEV, July 10 (AFP): Ukraine's football federation said Tuesday it had offered a job to former Croatia international Ognjen Vukojevic and offered to pay his fine over a pro-Ukraine clip he posted during the World Cup.

The Croatian football association removed him as an assistant in its delegation at the tournament in Russia and FIFA fined Vukojevic $15,000 over an Instagram video featuring him and Croatia defender Domagoj Vida, who shouted "Glory to Ukraine!"

Vida is expected to be part of Croatia's team to face England in the World Cup semi-final on Wednesday.

Vida used to play for Dynamo Kiev and Vukojevic also played for the Ukrainian club and now works for them as a scout.

FIFA said Tuesday it was "looking into" another video of Vida apparently making political statements, including "Glory to Ukraine".

The phrase was a slogan of the former Soviet republic's pro-EU revolution that toppled a Russian-backed president in 2014.

It was followed by Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea peninsula and a Kremlin-backed separatist war in eastern Ukraine that has claimed more than 10,000 lives.