Wednesday, July 11

Yar Yar Yarmolenko!

Never mind some minor World Cup fixture. West Ham have made another big signing in Andriy Yarmolenko. The 28-year-old Borussia Dortmund winger/striker has cost a rumoured £17.5 million. He's certainly got a good scoring record, being the Ukraine national team's second top all-time top scorer with 35 goals, behind Shevchenko. He also bagged 99 in 228 appearances for Dynamo Kiev. Yarmolenko wasn't an unqualified success at Dortmund, netting three in 18 games, though he did score in the Champions League against Spurs. But he does seem a quality player and added to Fabianski, Fredericks, Diop and Wilshere a much reshaped side is starting to emerge. And if nothing else he should be better than our last Ukrainian, Sergei Rebrov.

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