The first financial details of the Malinoskyi deal!
Marseille Olympics is very close to recruiter Ruslan Malinovskyi! Fabrizio Romano has provided some details about this transfer via his Twitter account.
It will indeed be a loan with an option to buy of around 10 million euros for Ruslan Malinovskyi! The Ukrainian international is expected to land next week and his transfer will be final in June 2023.
“More details about Ruslan Malinovskyi. Olympique de Marseille will pay around €10m in total fees, the deal will be on loan with a mandatory buy-out clause – it will become permanent in June. Malinovskyi is excited for a new chapter as medical tests take place in the coming days. Source: Fabrice Romano (01/07/23)
More details about Ruslan Malinovskyi. Olympique de Marseille will pay around €10m in total fees, the deal will be on loan with a mandatory buy-out clause – it will become permanent in June. 🔵🇺🇦 #OM
Malinovskyi, excited for a new chapter as medical tests take place in the coming days. pic.twitter.com/aOVK4P0ePb
— Fabrice Romano (@FabrizioRomano) January 7, 2023
Malinovskyi, the old-fashioned number 10
“Ruslan Malinovskyi was a bit of a thin playmaker in Ukraine. He wasn’t good enough to break into Shakhtar Donetsk’s first team. There were a lot of Brazilians at the time at the club and he was one of their players who were ready every year. He is going to be at FC Zorya Luhansk which is considered a satellite team of Shakhtar. This team became the third best in Ukraine because the level collapsed and there was no longer too much competition. With Zorya Luhansk, Malinovskyi plays frequently in the European Cup and is starting to get noticed in this number 10 position. He is really an old-fashioned playmaker who gives balls to attackers and who knows how to score from free kicks. He put one or two nice free kicks against Belgian teams. There is a connection between Belgium and Ukraine. Many second-tier players like Malinovskyi, who were at that time owned by Shakhtar, left for Belgium. At that time, he made an excellent decision by leaving the Ukrainian championship. He joined Genk for three and a half seasons. at that time, he will become much more powerful, he will strengthen his game. He tended to be too light in the duels when he played in Ukraine. He managed to erase that to become a very strong player physically. He will assert himself as an indisputable holder in the National team. It was then that Shevchenko became the national coach. In selection, he will really bring something different. In midfield, he forms a very complementary trio with Zinchenko and Stepanenko. Malinovskyi will have him this role of playmaker. Shevchenko wanted at the time to play with two number 10s, namely Zinchenko and Malinovskyi. What also characterizes him are his big strikes at the entrance to the penalty area. He scores several important goals with Ukraine this way. Shevchenko will allow him to develop this powerful side of his game. He is probably one of the players in Europe who has the biggest shot on the ball. On set pieces, he is a player who can give excellent balls. He quickly became the best midfielder in Belgium and was quickly spotted by Atalanta Bergamo who recruited him in 2019. After a season of adaptation, he became a key element of the Atalanta system. He becomes a very important player. Since his cruciate ligament rupture in 2016, he has come back tremendously well. Today, he is rarely absent and has excellent statistics. With Atalanta, it’s 129 and 29 goals and 29 assists. It is decisive one match out of two. Mourad Aerts – Source: Marseille Football Club (19/08/2022)