Confirmed Signing Vitaliy Mykolenko

[Toffeelover]

Godfrey can cover LB.

If so let Digne go for 40+ mill and that will pay fro Mykolenko and leave us with a bit left over.

 

[h8kurdt]

Got flop written all over it, Be loaned out by the end of next season never to be seen again

Christmas spirit is running rife here!

 

[Kantareller]

Nice one Brands

 

[Tilling]

How old is he? Is he to be 1st choice over Digne? Oh Digne leaves, but we are still short on LB optoons.

I think it means Digne is on the way out - I'm sad to see Digne go and this is all dependent on how much money we can get in for him, but isn't this what we have to do to succeed as a club?

• Pick up undervalued high potential players (Digne on the fringes of several massive clubs)
• get as much out of them as we can in 3 or 4 years
• sell them ahead of their prime when their value is maximised having performed well for us
• reinvest the money into the process and start again

I think if you think of it like this, Digne being sold is much easier to stomach - sad though I am to see him going.

 

[Simon Buttle]

Thing is his current team would probably spank us. The PL consists of about 4 or 5 good teams only

I love my team and always will but the PL is so over rated as a league

 

[Pabbers]

Well, he is very good on FM / Champ man......can play centre back too.

 

[Nyhus]

Having this guy as Dignes understudy would be great. As a replacement seems like a potential calamity

 

[Drumblue]

Christmas spirit is running rife here!

...

 

[toffeeblue9]

Interesting one - I expect the wages will be reasonable which is why we're prepared to pay decent money

You'd assume Digne will be off next month, hence why Benitez wouldn't comment on whether Digne had asked for a transfer in Jan

 

[kenada_blue]

Benitez splashing the cash on an area of the pitch we never had much of an issue with until he turned up

Noice.

 

[kenada_blue]

Godfrey can cover LB.

Very poorly

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

I look forward to his loan with an option to buy for £9m, to Lokomotiv Moscow next January.

 

[zukai12_]

is all a bit odd , i'm sure this guy is fine but LB is the area we least need replacing

if we have to lose Digne, at least sell him , no loans please

 

[maccavennie]

No one has heard of him

that’s the problem

Honestly mate, watched him in the local Derby against Inter Bratislavidov and he ran the match from left back.

His stats were

Pass completion 93%
Aerial Duals won 6/7
Successful tackles 96%
Assists 3
Shots at goal 2
Goals 1

That was just after 11 minutes of togger.

Benitez has pulled a worldie out the bag here, beating the likes of LA Galaxy, Parma & QPR to his signature.

We'll look back and laugh in a years time when we recall how we robbed him from Kiev for a poultry 20m when we reject Man Citys 220m bid.

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

Signed sealed delivered ready to go for Jan 1st and bought before Dignes inevitable sale. Could the fat man actually be a more competent and shrewd DoF than any of the fraudsters before him?

Drives out France international left back
Signs someone no one's ever heard of for what looks like a VERY high fee

All hail the Rafatollah!