[Official] Moscow complete £1.8m signing of flop Voronin
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Dynamo Moscow complete £1.8m signing of Liverpool flop Andriy Voronin
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.'