Yevhen Konoplyanka [Sevilla]

[Fierce]

Maddock knows **** all, like everybody else

[cream]

Simon Clancy @SiClancy now
Liverpool still hopeful of completing the Konoplyanka deal and @BenSmithBBC confirms that a medical has been done.

[Rigadon]

Maddock saying its not finances. Terms all ok. Abramovich has told the owner not to sell to Liverpool.

[marcus50bucks]

David Maddock
So, crunch time is fast approaching over there in Ukraine, and we can tell you the Dnipro owner is firmly digging his heels in.

It is not for the want of trying from Liverpool MD Ian Ayre, who has fought tigerishly to land Konoplyanka, but the fact is, no matter how much he has offered, the answer has been no from a multi-billionaire oligarch who doesn't need the money and is proud of his image as a great Ukrainian patriot.

All those stories then, you are hearing on Twitter about a deal being agreed are still not true, and the real truth is the deal is now very finely in the balance, with the probability that the world's 46th richest man is not for turning. Until 10.59pm UK time at least..!

We can also tell you that the deal has not now stalled over money, nor terms of payment. It is now purely down to the fact that the Dnipro owner still doesn't want to sell, even though it makes financial sense for the club to do so, given the player is on a free in 18 months.

[Beary]

**** that guy beary, **** him.

It's on, Ian Ayre has put his foot down. The keys are in the Harley, Kono is coming home.

[Vermilion]

ffs! It's OFF! 100%

Aye, this yoghurt i just found in my fridge is past it's sell by date!

[Roboklopp]

Int pub. We signed the "prick" or what?

[Danish_Pastry]

Kind of local confirmation of the deal being on, and the owner as the stumbling block.

[Alex]

ffs! It's OFF! 100%

Aye, this youghurt i just found in my fridge is past it's sell by date!

I assume Ayre got to it, which ultimately spoiled the whole thing?

[cream]

There's still 1 hour 45 mins to go, plenty of time.

[kingfunk]

Yevhen Konoplyanka

I don't believe that its just down to him not wanting to sell. If it was that black and white, the deal would be off and Ayre would be on his unicorn headed home.
There is obviously something else and I would say agent/owner percentages and payments are closer to the mark.

[Beary]

There's still 1 hour 45 mins to go, plenty of time.

I'm from another timezone .. Waiting for offal so I can go off to sleep

[Vermilion]

I assume Ayre got to it, which ultimately spoiled the whole thing?

[Fosterbloke]

It's all over at 9am my time. Make my day Ayre, sign this prick!

[Fosterbloke]

By the way, does anyone know if Konoplyanka speaks English?