bluestevon
Player Valuation: £80m
I cant imagine any reason for him to make that statement unless Yarmolenko was leaving.
As @bluestevon has stated, it looks like we are trying to move players on to make room in the squad whether thats also for increased contracts lets see BUT it would make sense for us to emerge stronger out of the window as Martinez always says.
Naismith is injured so his sale is dragging on and Gibson,McGeady arent gone yet + Pienaar and Mirallas who knows.
I also think with Martinez response about the Yarmolenko question from a reporter and now Rebrovs comments we definitely seem to be the favourites for his signature.
Anything below Lukaku's fee and i think we would have a real talent whose value would soon increase to £40-50mil. We have Deulofeu's trickery on the right and would have Yarmolenkos power on the left with them changing positions during games.
mouthwatering
Rebrovs stance when asked about Yarmolenko has always been consistent, he states that he wants him to stay and if he has anything to do with it he will do - states he is vital to them, irreplaceable etc and then states that Surkis is the one that ultimately decides, but he never ever lets it be known that he is anything but 100% about needing him to stay.
This latest interview, which i have read and translated from the original source is as different as can be, states that any player can move on should the offer be a fair one, states that he expects him to leave sooner or later and has already made plans for that eventuality and then most tellingly draws a comparison with when he himself leaving Kiev for Spurs and how he understands why and that the player will and should be allowed to leave if the right offer/opportunity comes in.
Just looking at this, seems that he has been told by player/owner that a move will happen sooner rather than later now and has changed his entire attitude to the media to basically say 'I'm fine with him leaving'
Really can't highlight how much of a change in the way he talked about the possible transfer of him when asked over all previous times this has been.
Hope it is to us, but pretty sure we won't see Yarmolenko playing again for Kiev now either way