Tymoschuk Destined For Germany, Eventually

February 5th, 2009 | by: yevy |

Bayern Munich general manager Uli Hoeness has confirmed a report by German newspaper Bild that the club has sealed the transfer of Ukrainian captain Anatoliy Tymoschuk. “We have agreed to personal terms with the player, as well as the transfer fee itself. It is not yet clear whether he will join the team in July or in April,” said Hoeness. According to Bild, Bayern will pay Zenit $14 million for the 29 year old midfielder, and have secured his services through 2012.

For his part Tymoschuk, ever the consummate professional, acknowledged talks with Bayern had progressed but refused to speculate on his future, insisting his focus remains in St. Petersburg. The long-rumored deal comes on the heels of the protracted sale of Russian international Andrei Arshavin to Arsenal. Zenit will face Bundesliga side Stuttgart in the UEFA Cup in two weeks time.

Meanwhile Tymoschuk will be headed to Cyprus to hold camp with the national team. Oleksiy Mykhaylichenko’s squad will take part in a four team tournament. Ukraine will square off against Slovakia on February 10, and depending on the outcome will face either the hosts or Serbia.

Mykhaylichenko invited two uncapped players to camp: Shakhtar goalkeeper Rustam Khudzhamov and Dnipro defender Pavlo Pashayev. The call-up must be a bittersweet moment for the 21 year old right back, who lost his twin brother and teammate Maksym Pashayev in a December car accident. Maksym was the captain of Ukraine’s U-21 squad.

Dnipro’s Ruslan Rotan is back on Mykhaylichenko’s radar and will be part of the squad headed to Cyprus. It has been a year since the midfielder last featured for the national team. Absent from the roster is Dynamo Kyiv keeper Stanyslav Bohush, who will stay with the club while he recovers from an abdominal injury. Teammate Oleksandr Shovkovskiy will take his place. The full roster for the Zhovto-Syni:

Goalkeepers: Andriy Pyatov, Khudzhamov (both – Shakhtar), Shovkovskiy (Dynamo).

Defenders: Dmytro Chyhrynsky, Olexandr Kucher (both – Shakhtar), Taras Mykhalyk, Andriy Nesmachniy (both – Dynamo), Vitaliy Mandzyuk (Arsenal Kyiv), Andriy Rusol, Pashaiv (both – Dnipro).

Midfielders: Maxym Kalynychenko, Serhiy Nazarenko, Rotan (all – Dnipro), Tymoschuk (Zenit FC, Russia), Valentyn Slyusar (Metalist), Yevhen Levchenko (Groningen, Netherlands), Serhiy Kravchenko, Oleksandr Aliyev (both – Dynamo).

Forwards: Andriy Voronin (Hertha BSC, Germany), Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan, Italy), Marko Devic (Metalist), Volodymyr Homeniuk (Tavriya), Yevhen Selezniov (Shakhtar), Artem Milevskiy (Dynamo).

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Comments

By Marko Jevhenijovich | February 5th, 2009 at 3:11 pm

And where is Fedoriv from Amkar Perm, Rukavytsya and Koman?

By Sasha | February 5th, 2009 at 3:48 pm

Poor Zenit, how are they going to win anything without Tymoschuk and Arshavin?

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By skillz | February 5th, 2009 at 5:27 pm

Nice, I think it was Rotan who hit the crossbar in the world cup game versus Italy. What about that dark haired guy, think was a defender, Rusol or Ruslan or something. He was good. Reminded me of Italy’s Gattuso.

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By yevy | February 5th, 2009 at 5:39 pm

Not sure why Fedoriv got omitted. As for Rukavytsya and Koman, although Ukrainian born they have represented Australia and Hungary, respectively, at the junior level and seem on course to make full national team debuts with those countries.

I don’t feel too bad for Zenit, seeing as they can afford to buy anyone who is willing to play for them (not that they couldn’t before, as evidenced by the €30 million splashed out for Danny). Replacing Tymoschuk’s leadership is a whole other story, however.

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By Marko Jevhenijovich | February 6th, 2009 at 7:29 am

Yes one reason against Fedoriv could be, that his club actually only started to prepare for next season. I want this guy finally to play for Ukraine, he is a great left defender, super speed and technics, even AC Milan wanted to buy him. About Koman and Rukavitsya I am really angry with the whole Ukrainian Football Association. It is no problem to make them play for Ukraine, to tell them that they’re important for our Sbirna. Koman and Rukavitya also would like to play for a nation that has a future in football. What future do they have with Hungary and Australia? These are non football nations. We need such guys as Koman and Rukavitsya, I hope Michailichenko finally starts to work to get them back!!!! Yevy, they’re not only Ukrainian born, they’re completely Ukrainians! Their parents are Ukrainians and so on!

By yevy | February 6th, 2009 at 3:25 pm

The issue of recruiting ex-pats for the national team is an interesting one and probably warrants its own post. I have no idea whether an effort has been made to bring in these kids or not, but if they were indeed approached by the Ukrainian FA, it would be a hard sell. For example, Nikita Rukavitsya has already gone to the Olympics, and has a better chance to play in a World Cup with Australia. What exactly can Ukraine offer him to match that? Do you think appealing to the patriotic spirit of a boy whose parents left Ukraine for financial reasons is going to work? I doubt it.

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By Marko Jevhenijovich | February 7th, 2009 at 9:31 am

I do never talk about patriotic issues, but the fast is, that Nikita was, is and will always be UKRAINIAN. He will never be an Australian. That’s the fact. For me the FA of Australia stole our player who left his country at the age of 14. Ukraine educated him in playing football. He didn’t start to play this sport in Australia. Ukraine has every right to make him play for his native country. It’s a horror. I currently live in a country, where the national football team is 90% non-swiss. Isn’t it great? So why don’t we change the modus of the world cup. Instead of letting nations play against each other, let’s take clubs. Countries like Germany, Switzerland AND AUSTRALIA almost do not have any own football players. Ukraine has them. Ukraine managed to enter the world cup 2k6 with almost a 100% Ukrainian team.

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