How does a centre back standing at 6'3", with 21 International caps to his name, having come up through the Shakhtar youth system, find himself now basking in the glow of the warm Mediterranean air that engulfs the mighty Camp Nou?

Dmytro is the only player plying his trade outside of the Ukraine and this could be an interesting quandary for Barca and the Ukrainian National side. His learning curve may accelerate for his national side, but can FC Barcelona afford to wait for his futbol mind to match the pace of La Liga?

Over the past few seasons of oustanding futbol accomplishments achieved at Barcelona, the defense has been the only point of criticism. This season some have speculated that Pique can be slightly inconsistent, Marquez is not his rock solid self, and the ever present Catalan rock, Puyol isn't getting any younger. Perhaps the Blau Grana were attempting to think outside of their traditional footballing talent pool and took a serious chance on Chygrynskiy?

Anytime a player leaves his family, nation of orgin, and style of play related to the league that he is grown accustom to, this is should be considered a serious risk. I would be willing to bet Dmytro never imagined he would be leaving Eastern Europe, let alone for FC Barcelona. I'm guessing that before August 31 2009, he never uttered a word of Spanish or specifically Catalan in his entire life and now his defensive teammates offer him shouts of brotherhood in Spanish, Portuguese, and French.

Pep Guardiola and Joan Laporta were the men who sent the shipment of gold to Eastern Europe for their Ukrainian giant. He merely needs time to awaken from his slumber.