Yarmolenko would favour games at Everton over the bench at Barca

Ha, got to love that kind of attitude – good on yer Yarmalenko – get yourself across here for a selfie with Deulofeu and Lukaku before he disappears

To quote Don Draper "Why chase the girl that doesn’t want to get caught."

"somewhere like GP" – so not necessarily GP.

I’ve edited the original piece accordingly.

But, like Stephen says, it's all just hypothetical based on the fact that we were so close to signing him. We probably don't stand a chance of getting him if we're not in Europe – not unless he shows us the same loyalty as he has to Kiev!

These comments solidify my good opinions of the Ukranian though.

With his family?

Oh yeah this is my kind of player – let’s get this lad signed asap.

If he’ll pick a nark with Mrs Yarmolenko and the kids when he doesn’t play, just imagine the grief he’ll give to teammates who don’t put in a shift.

My main worry is losing Lukaku and Stones. We’ll have a ton of money to spend but that never seems to quite work out for most clubs. They usually end up with high-priced mercenaries. I’d almost rather use that money to build a new stadium.

Besides our next manager might not like him.

That said, he seems pretty honourable - He's stayed loyal to Kiev. He didn't have to sign a new contract, so that tells me he has something about him and he's not just about the money.

He's unproven in a good league and isn't anything special in the Champions League or for Ukraine.

Get over it.

All I remember him doing was waltzing through as our defence parted like the red sea and dipping one in the top corner.

Barca don't even need him.

Get over it, for fuck's sake.

I suspect the reality is that his agent is using our interest to draw out other bidders... otherwise he'd be with us by now.

The stand out point I notices was the argument bit with the missus.

1) He has the balls to have a barny with his wife
2) He is the narky little fucker that this team is missing (I am actually hoping Besic with fill this Peter Reid shaped hole in the team)

And is our board even interested in this player? Is he even on the market? Who knows?

I don't know why but I have a really strong feeling that we are going to get him, I know that will probably come back to bite me in the end, but for some reason I just have an inkling that something may be already agreed (e.g. some sort of gentleman's agreement with Kiev)

I agree with you, Yarmolenko is the type of player we need in order to evolve and is a step up on what we have currently Evolution and maturity takes time, patience is a virtue and, unfortunately, in very short supply on TW at the moment.

If he fully recovers from his injury then he is still young enough that you would get 3 or 4 years from him at his peak, and he will be on sufficient wages now that he obviously isn't just looking for the last chance to provide for his retirement.

Who cares who we already have; if he is better and is happy to come then why not try to get him?

So any formation will have to have Ross as one of the attacking forwards. He just doesn't have defending of any sort on his CV. He can't even mark a man for a corner.

Like so much else with this fantastic young footballer (and so many other gifted players), it depends how his head is fixed at any given time. It's true though that he's never going to be a gritty tackler and thank God for that.

If, as has been suggested by such respected posters as Harold Mathews that our manager favours the Athletico Madrid model, Lukaku will be sold for a huge profit in the near future. Could that move herald our teams evolution to a 4 3 3 system?

Even at that tender age I filed under waste of time and moved on

Currently Yarmolenko can stay were he is and be guaranteed hero status, top wages and a crack at the Champions League every year, but he may be worried about Putin and giving his family a link to Western Europe by living there for a while may be an attractive option.

So if he does move he may prefer to go somewhere where he will be an important member of the starting 11 week in week out in a competitive league, and the likes of Everton who will also offer good wages have a look in. Still not an easy decision to make and you can understand why he would take his time weighing up his options.

I find it also funny how people want to sell Lukaku and Stones for $110m. Why would we sell our best striker? Also, who would bid for Stones at $50m at his current form, especially when some of our own are ripping into him like there's no tomorrow? I like them both and hope they will remain at the club with Yarm joining.