Everton’s chances of enticing Andriy Yarmolenko have been dealt a blow by Dynamo Kiev’s president.
Yarmolenko remains a long-term transfer target for the Blues and almost completed a big-money move to Goodison Park last summer, only for the deal to fall through at the eleventh hour.
The Ukraine international, 26, has enjoyed an impressive season to date, netting 16 goals in 32 appearances for Kiev.
But the club’s president Ihor Surkis has now admitted that he will allow Yarmolenko to leave the club this summer, but only on the proviso that it should be to a Champions League team.
He said: “If I get an offer that will suit Dynamo and Yarmolenko wants to go to this club, I’ll let him.
“All talk of a transfer will begin after the Euros. He is already a top player, so he should go to a top club.
“My position is that we should not let Yarmolenko go to such clubs as like Everton and Stoke City. Dynamo is Dynamo and Stoke City is Stoke. We’re playing in the Champions League, and Stoke City are fighting for survival.
“If we receive an offer that will suit the club and the player, no one will hold (him back).
“Andriy has said that dreams of playing in the Bundesliga and the English Premier League.”