{"id":621811,"date":"2023-01-31T16:25:23","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T21:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=621811"},"modified":"2023-01-31T16:25:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T21:25:23","slug":"afc-bournemouth-confirm-illia-zabarnyi-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/31\/afc-bournemouth-confirm-illia-zabarnyi-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC Bournemouth Complete Signing of \u2018Koulibaly-Esque Wonderkid\u2019 to Bolster Defence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AFC Bournemouth have been one of the busier teams on transfer deadline day as they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afcb.co.uk\/news\/first-team\/cherries-complete-zabarnyi-coup\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">complete the transfer of highly-rated Dynamo Kyiv centre-back Illia Zabarnyi<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ukraine international joins the Cherries on a five-and-a-half-year deal for a fee reported to be in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bournemouthecho.co.uk\/sport\/23287599.afc-bournemouth-agree-ilya-zabarnyi-deal-dynamo-kyiv\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">region of \u00a324 million<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>AFC Bournemouth Complete Signing of Dynamo Kyiv\u2019s Illia Zabarnyi<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome, Illia \ud83d\ude0d <\/p>\n<p>We&#39;re delighted to complete the signing of Illia Zabarnyi from Dynamo Kyiv \ud83d\udcdd<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AFC Bournemouth \ud83c\udf52 (@afcbournemouth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/afcbournemouth\/status\/1620520679475929089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 31, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><b>\u2018Koulibaly-esque\u2019<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zabarnyi is highly-rated and could prove to be quite the coup for Bournemouth as the central defender was previously linked with a move to Chelsea. The 20-year-old arrives on the South Coast with experience that belies his age. He became a key player for his hometown club, Dynamo Kyiv, making 84 appearances for the senior team since emerging from their youth ranks, as well as becoming the second youngest-ever player to earn a senior cap for the Ukrainian national team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/31\/west-brom-omari-hutchinson-loan\/\" target=\"_self\">West Bromwich Albion Have \u2018Reached an Agreement\u2019 for Chelsea \u2018Wonderkid\u2019 Once Compared to Raheem Sterling<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 6\u2019 2\u201d centre back was has since gone on to receive 24 caps in total for his country even playing in every minute of the nation\u2019s Euro 2020 campaign. Bournemouth will be hoping that the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/ilya-zabarnyi-ukraine-koulibaly-wonderkid-chelsea-radar\/k5wtldpyf7qq1n2zs58i080nf\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Koulibaly-esque wonderkid<\/a>&#8221; can live up to his billing and help improve the Premier League\u2019s worst defence as they look to secure their Premier League status for another season.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Busy Window for the Cherries<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zabarnyi joins Bournemouth along with Uruguay full-back Matias Vina, who joined on loan from AS Roma earlier on deadline day. The South Coast club also completed deals for Antonie Semenyo from Bristol City, Goalkeeper Darren Randolph on a free transfer from West Ham, as well as winger Dango Ouattara from French outfit FC Lorient.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/01\/31\/arsenal-forward-to-leave\/\" target=\"_self\">Arsenal Forward to Leave on Loan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cherries are also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/64464428\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">close to completing a move<\/a> for Sassuolo and Ivory Coast midfielder Hamed Traore, with the player reportedly currently undergoing a medical for the club. Manager Gary O\u2019Neil will be hoping thatr the new additions can help improve his team\u2019s standing in the Premier League as they currently find themselves in 18th and in danger of relegation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"gLCZNy2tRTZjohkjh8b31Q\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1236018397\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'gLCZNy2tRTZjohkjh8b31Q',sig:'mLSIQQz4C6-Ld9UT0lbt5haOEGo4Hg859QG_56yMhbQ=',w:'594px',h:'401px',items:'1236018397',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AFC Bournemouth have been one of the busier teams on transfer deadline day as they complete the transfer of highly-rated Dynamo Kyiv centre-back Illia Zabarnyi.\u00a0 The Ukraine international joins the Cherries on a five-and-a-half-year deal for a fee reported to be in the region of \u00a324 million. 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