The Ukrainian goalkeeper of Saudi “Al-Shabab” Georgiy Bushchan spoke about the transfer options he had during his time at Kyiv “Dynamo”.
Georgiy Bushchan. Photo — Yu. Yuriyev“There were talks about “Celtic”, I was asked how I felt about the possibility of moving to this club. And the option with “Rangers” was also there last year, but that club ultimately signed Butland, explaining their choice by saying that this goalkeeper is English-speaking and is already integrated into the Scottish league.
There was an option with the French “Marseille”, but they didn’t want to pay 14 million euros for me, they said that such money for Bushchan is too much. To be honest, I found it incomprehensible because later “Marseille” signed the third or fourth goalkeeper of the Portugal or Spain national teams for the same 14 million euros.
Six months later, there was an offer from “Everton”. But in this case, the stars just didn’t align. I was supposed to fly with Mykolenko (early 2022, — ed.) either to replace Pickford or to replace Begovic, but both of them remained at “Everton”. To be honest, I regret that this transfer fell through,” Bushchan said on the air of the YouTube channel of the famous Ukrainian sports commentator Igor Tsyganyk.
