Roman Yaremchuk has problems again. After Benfica, he also slips in Brugge. But we have an unexpected recipe for Roman's career - it's time to return to the roots.
Roman YaremchukThe most expensive incoming transfer in the history of Brugge and the Belgian football championship is also the most disastrous. In 10 matches for his new club, Yaremchuk scored four goalscoring actions - it seems not bad, but what is 2 goals and 2 assists for a player who is bought for 16 million euros? Moreover, the expensive reinforcement played in less than half of the team's matches and spent less than half of the playing time.
The main thing is different: Roman has not played for three matches in a row, in the last of them he did not get into the application, and this despite the fact that the Belgian press assures that the striker is healthy. And then there are the transparent hints of the head coach of Brugge: they say, where to play Yaremchuk, we expect much more from him... The fans of the titled club are simpler in their assessments: “We invited a rat to the team! He ruined everything in Genk, was dissatisfied with everything in Benfica, and now our team is being destroyed from the inside. It's a week without a year, but the rights are pumping! How is it to tell who gets out and who doesn’t?!,” a certain Wekke2000 says indignantly.
Roman has a contract with Brugge until 2026, the release amount is quite large, as for a 26-year-old player who was in the reserve for the second team in a row. What to do?!.. Fanday has a recipe.
It is clear that Yaremchuk will not be sold now. And that's why
For Bruges, this is the most expensive purchase in history - we have Milevsky and Aliyev exiled to Dynamo-2, they will try to compensate for their "hot spots" by gradually playing Roman and selling them to Turkey, the Emirates, Japan - anywhere, but to win back as much money as possible.
Selling a player now means resigning yourself to the fact that he is a substitute and will not be paid extra for him. Especially in winter, when there is not as much business activity in Western Europe as in summer. All major transactions take place during the long off-season. Capitalists don't do that. Even if you believe the rumors that the Ukrainian has become toxic in the team, they will still adapt him and try to return at least most of his costs.
But rent cannot be ruled out - and here they have a fork. In fact, players from Belgium are very willing to take players - Germany, France, Portugal, Scotland. But there should be two factors - big problems in the attack of the club, ready to rent, and great financial opportunities - because borrowing a collection with a significant contract is quite expensive. Therefore, one cannot rule out the “oil leagues”, which do not like big purchases, but prefer leases or free agents.
But where is the sports component here? And here we will eat it.
Yaremchuk in his current form is not an asset, but a burden. Here we need non-banal solutions to the problem
It is clear that Roman climbed so high in his career for a reason. He really can do a lot - 85 goals in club football, 13 goals for the national team. But the forward needs to be rebooted - and here a very strong decision from the sports director is needed.
Roughly speaking, Yaremchuk can now be sheathed or reloaded. Leaving him in reserve is a risk both for the player himself and for the team, where a difficult human situation can develop (high salary and transfer are discordant with the role of a reservist). Selling is fraught with big losses, a player in decline will not be paid the market value. Remaining rent.
Next is the choice. An experienced player for an expensive loan will be taken by a really crumbling, but not poor club. For Roman himself, this is a risk - the third failure in his career can reset him to the source code. Very good options with familiar surroundings. They will never give back to Genk for anything - this is a direct and more successful competitor, why strengthen it and does it need strengthening? Anderlecht too. The eternal enemy, the fans will not understand.
But Ukraine... Don't rush to spit at the screen. That's why.
Returning home is the best shake-up for Yaremchuk
Firstly, in the UPL in its current form, Roman will score the most goals in his career. Secondly, such a striker will be a big difference for the club that rents him. Previously, Dynamo outlined a vector for Shakhtar - but here Yaremchuk should be principled, it's one thing to celebrate goals against Kiev for Benfica, it's quite another to play against him in a derby. No no and one more time no!
But for Dynamo, the “reverse” is very important, and even Lucescu himself admitted that he should have thought earlier about what Shakhtar did with Zubkov, Shved, Petryak and Mikhailichenko. That's all it turned out: the people of Kiev need Yaremchuk, he needs a familiar, native environment. And the amount of salary for six months is no more than what was spent on such "necessary" players as Ramirez, Perris, and even more so Benito from Cargbo.
Therefore, if at first you were skeptical about our title, you will agree - there is a reason for this. After all, Yaremchuk has sunk a lot over the past two years - in the national team, roughly speaking, Dovbik has long been preferable. Roman has many failures in clubs. A return to the origins can restore freshness and youth to him, as at the moment when his European "odyssey" was just beginning.
Alexander KALININ
