Confirmed Signing Vitaliy Mykolenko

[carolinablue232]

Benitez is on th record at the time of his signing to say how he had tracked him for months.

And I’m sure Brands had never heard of him. I suspect Rafael had also been tracking loads of other players we didn’t sign and discussed them with Marcel. Look, I’m glad Brands is gone, but the “this guy was a brands signing, this guy was a Benitez signing” isn’t really a thing. They’re also on record saying they had discussions and agreed before signing players.

 

[Camboselecta]

Be lucky, we'll get 30m i reckon

In his first couple of seasons we could have got £40+ for him but now everyone will know he wants out, the manager wants him out and he is in poor form. Bet we get £20 and change for him. More great financial work from the Blues.

 

[Tofeenut]

Sorry for delay guys , not ready the thread and I assume it’s public news now - Mykolenko Medical was early this morning.

 

[Kev50]

And I’m sure Brands had never heard of him. I suspect Rafael had also been tracking loads of other players we didn’t sign and discussed them with Marcel. Look, I’m glad Brands is gone, but the “this guy was a brands signing, this guy was a Benitez signing” isn’t really a thing. They’re also on record saying they had discussions and agreed before signing players.

I'm just saying Gray wasn't a Brands signing. that's all. Benitez is on the record saying he's wanted him from way before he even met Brands.

 

[carolinablue232]

Sorry for delay guys , not ready the thread and I assume it’s public news now - Mykolenko Medical was early this morning.

He was injured during the process I assume?

 

[Gilbert..]

I feel dirty for looking him up on youtube. And i only looked for the first two minutes as he was skipping past people with pace and i immediately thought thats it im clicking out. He must be sh!t at defending as he's looked to good so far.

 

[gonetomorrow]

He looks good.

 

[Tofeenut]

He was injured during the process I assume?

Not sure what you mean - players normally have scans prior to signing - this could affect contract terms if any undisclosed or unknown areas of concerns - injury wise

 

[Toff33Blues99]

Ridiculous signing if true. We have a French international in this position. Total waste of money and if the fat waiter has hounded out Digne he will never be forgiven

 

[mikel_88]

Ridiculous signing if true. We have a French international in this position. Total waste of money and if the fat waiter has hounded out Digne he will never be forgiven

Not for me if we get good money and a decent rb. Dont like the way digne will be leaving the club but is what we should go similar to when gana left get decent money now before value goes down

 

[mikel_88]

Sorry for delay guys , not ready the thread and I assume it’s public news now - Mykolenko Medical was early this morning.

Any other news like rb being sorted

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Ta-ra Digne.?

S'what you deserve after chatting all that wham for so many years...

Ain't no sunshine when he's gone...ain't no sunshiiiiiine when heeeeee's gone

xx

 

[Zatara]

As @jazzy just highlighted i was wrong with my last comment on this.

We signed Digne for £18mil and he played roughly 3 seasons for us before extending his deal.

So £18mil ÷ 5 (his contract) = £3.6mil
£3.6mil × 2 (years remaining) = £7.2mil.

He then signed a 4 year extension so the £7.2mil ÷ 4 (length of contract) = £1.8mil.

Lets call it 3.5 years left (as i cant be bothered to calculate too much as he extended mid season) which would be £6.3mil.


So, if we sell Digne for £25mil we cover the £6.3mil = £18.7mil.

We can spend that amount all in January. This means we can sign players and spread the fee over the length of the players contract.

In theory we could sign players totalling £18.7mil × 5 = £93.5mil

The only caveat here is that for the next 4 summers we would continue to pay £18.7mil a summer after the first payment of £18.7mil.

One other thing, his wages will have increased with the new contract, i wouldnt be surprised if they were close to £100k. They will be gone and free up space in the wage budget.



So, do we sell Digne and then immediately invest £93.5mil payable in £18.7mil installments over the next 5 years?

Bear in mind he will be gone as well as Tosun, Kenny, Sigurdsson, Lonergan and Delph in the summer which would be around £400k a week wages or another £20.8mil.

Sell Digne, sign Mykolenko and still have around £75mil to play with in Jan + the saving on wage difference.

I suspect we could sign four starting players with that money...

Left back: Mykolenko
Right back: Patterson /Aarons / Ramsay
Defensive Midfield: Kamara
Right Wing: Antony

I suspect we'd have cash left over to add to any proceeds from a Mina sale.

Im really quite bewildered at the push back to this.

Mykolenko has been really highly regarded for about 2-3 years now as one of the new wave of emerging top left backs. He's 22 and Digne will be 29 before next season.

If Coleman was sold 3 seasons ago and we had signed Hakimi or even Reece James back then we wouldnt be in the position we are now at right back.

This kid can play left centre back as well and is known to be athletic, quick, aggressive and signals--at least to me--a high potential signing.

Dignes book value is about £6-7mil a deal at e.g £26mil opens up circa £20mil to spend in Jan...of which this kid would instantly take up under £4mil per FFP.

Mykolenko and a similar quality and profile young right back make perfect sense...while being ahead on FFP....for once.

We all complain about smashing FFP but this is a good move.

My guess is Godfrey stays left back and Mykolenko is gradually introduced. Probably needs the rest of the season to adapt.

Highly promising.

Financial here or there. New accounting period. Let's say digne goes for 25m. Either in Jan or in summer. That's (without checking contract) a plus of c.15m.
This guy comes in. 20m over 4 yrs. Equals 10m liquidity.... Theoretical.
That aside. Player. No knowledge, apart from the clips. But seems like a decent Everton player.

Gets stuck in.
A unit
Pace
Some moves
Crosses
International and European experience.

All good.

Caveat - signs for Everton. All of the above, thrown into doubt.

I'm up for the risk......... Til I can boo him in person.

The fee is spread across the contract not a lump sum upfront

Nobody has any idea, including Rafael.

I await @Zatara telling us he’s scouted him for years and he’s no Yuri Zhirkov.

See my views / comments above.

Also, Zhirkov was linked with us once upon a time, as was Mykolenko in early 2020.

Sorry for delay guys , not ready the thread and I assume it’s public news now - Mykolenko Medical was early this morning.

Nice one

 

[MrD]

Has anyone shared a YouTube highlight video of this lad where he looks like a world beater but in reality he is Conference league level?

 

[carolinablue232]

Not sure what you mean - players normally have scans prior to signing - this could affect contract terms if any undisclosed or unknown areas of concerns - injury wise

It was a very poor attempt at humor in that our medical team seems incompetent in evaluating player health. So rather see than just do a straightforward medial, they probably asked him to do something and got him injured mid process. Just a bad bit of sarcasm