Dynamo Moscow have completed the £1.8million signing of
Liverpool striker Andriy Voronin.
Snow prevented the 30-year-old flying to the Russian capital
earlier this week, but Dynamo have finalised the deal before their
first team head for a winter training camp in Belek, Turkey, on
Sunday.
On his way: Andriy Voronin
CSKA Moscow and Zenit St Petersburg also enquired about the
Ukraine international, but Dynamo made the strongest offer as they
seek to fill the void left by Russia striker Alexander Kerzhakov,
who is set for a return to Zenit.
Voronin has sought help from Everton's summer Russian recruit
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov as he hunts for a new home.
Bilyaletdinov, who left Lokomotiv Moscow for Merseyside in
August, put his Merseyside rival in touch with a estate agent.
Both Dynamo and Voronin have been coy on the impending transfer,
with the club's sporting director Konstantin Sarsania only
revealing they were about to sign a 'foreign striker'.
From Russia with love: Bilyaletdinov
Voronin said: 'I've had some very good offers and everything
will be determined soon.'
The Anfield flop, who has scored six goals in 33 appearances since
joining Liverpool on a free transfer two-and-a-half years ago, also
hit back at critics who say he has wasted his talent.
'With regard to the strange comments about my footballing
achievements, I prefer to answer that on the pitch,' he said.
'Perhaps to coaches who have won world championships and
European Cups, my successes seem insignificant, but I want to
believe that there are things still to achieve in football and I
hope I will prove it with my new club.'