A bit of a rant of sorts:
1: Ancelotti was interested, Brands scouted him and Benitez signed him.
2: He's been the left back regular for both Ukraine and Kiev for the past 4 seasons.
3: He has 21 caps and played 32 games in Europe by the age of 22.
4: He was rated in the top layer of highest potential u21 players for 3 years between the ages of 18-21.
5: He's been in/out of the team since joining and played in an unsettled team devoid of confidence. So far he's had Gray/Gordon/Richarlison ahead of him and Godfrey, Keane/Holgate next to him.
6: He did not cost £20mil / £21mil or whatever other fictitious fee mentioned. The fee was 'undisclosed' and strongly rumoured to be £17mil or £18mil including clauses. In the same way Pattersons fee was £16mil including clauses with the initial fee at £11mil...we can guess the initial fee for Mykolenko would likely be between £12-14mil.
7: He hasnt been dreadful or anything as bad as hes being made out to be. He's been average, probably 5 or 6 out of 10 every match.
8: He was signed a month into his 2 month winter break, moved to a new country and league and then seen Benitez, Ferguson and Lampard as managers. Not to mention his illness and the war in Ukraine.
I think he's a good player and opinions will change on him next season.
